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My family went bankrupt because the insurance companies decided my mother having a stroke and falling down the stairs constituted a pre-existing condition. I d
by fzeroracer 8y ago
My family went bankrupt because the insurance companies decided my mother having a stroke and falling down the stairs constituted a pre-existing condition.
I don't think people understand how pervasive the usage of pre-existing condition bullshit was used to deny payment.
- FireBeyond 8y agoOh yes. One of my "favorite" stories of this was: "You didn't know you had X. It had never been diagnosed. But looking at your history, your treatment for 'unknown ailments' and such were actually symptoms of X, in other words you had X, though you didn't know it. And when you signed up for insurance, you 'failed to disclose' this condition [that you didn't know you had], therefore, we are voiding your coverage effective immediately [and should consider yourself lucky if we don't try to 'recover costs'...]".