I heard on the News on NPR that they had "extended the ban on pre-existing conditions

[saracat]

till 2012".Then I saw it mentioned on my local CBS affiliate. But I can't find the info anywhere! No flames please. I actually hope this is wrong. Did anyone else hear this? There were even people interviewed saying that they still wouldn't be covered and it gave the insurance companies another couple of years to gouge them! But I can't find the story. Supposedly this was to give insurance companies more time to comply.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Link or you're just making shit up....

As of 2 days ago, the opposite was the case in both Senate and House:

"Like the House bill, the Senate version would impose an immediate ban on insurance abuses, such as dropping customers with preexisting conditions."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/20/politics/main5721273.shtml


EDIT: Some relevant text from the Senate bill:

(41)
8 Subtitle B—Immediate Actions to
9 Preserve and Expand Coverage
10 SEC. 1101. IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO INSURANCE FOR UNIN11
SURED INDIVIDUALS WITH A PREEXISTING
12 CONDITION.
13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the
14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish
15 a temporary high risk health insurance pool program to
16 provide health insurance coverage for eligible individuals
17 during the period beginning on the date on which such
18 program is established and ending on January 1, 2014.


(42,43)
15 (c) QUALIFIED HIGH RISK POOL.—
16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available
17 under this section shall be used to establish a quali18
fied high risk pool that meets the requirements of
19 paragraph (2).
20 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—A qualified high risk pool
21 meets the requirements of this paragraph if such
22 pool—
23 (A) provides to all eligible individuals
24 health insurance coverage that does not impose
43
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1 any preexisting condition exclusion with respect
2 to such coverage;

(78)
16 ‘‘SEC. 2704. PROHIBITION OF PREEXISTING CONDITION EX17
CLUSIONS OR OTHER DISCRIMINATION
18 BASED ON HEALTH STATUS.
19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A group health plan and a health
20 insurance issuer offering group or individual health insur21
ance coverage may not impose any preexisting condition
22 exclusion with respect to such plan or coverage.’’; and

[saracat]

3. Did you miss the part where I ASKED for help? I am trying to find alink

I didn't make this up. It is certainly nothing I WANT to be true. I could have misinterpeted it. It is possible but if someone else knows, why shouldn't I ask?

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[Ian David]

5. Immediate isn't good enough. They should back-date the ban by 8 years.

Make the insurance companies pay-out on denied claims, adjusted for inflation, with interest.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Ask Hillary.

:think:

[katandmoon]

6. Obama is president now, isn't he?

[slipslidingaway]

7. kick in case anyone heard the same story n/t

[saracat]

8. Thank you.

[slipslidingaway]

9. You're welcome :) n/t