Comments on: Individual Health Insurance Jitters http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/ Research and discussion of the Colorado health insurance industry and the healthcare crisis in America. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Louise http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/comment-page-1/#comment-7502 Louise Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:13:47 +0000 http://www.insuranceshoppers.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/#comment-7502 <p>Star, I'm sorry to hear about your eye. I hope that you don't lose it. Also, I'm sorry your comment took so long to show up. It went into our spam filter that we'd quit checking after installing the captcha. We'll make sure to keep checking it.<br /> I do not try to sound like a know it all - in fact, I think I pretty much echo all the health advice that we hear over and over from doctors, the CDC, and various health experts across the country. And with regards to weight loss surgery, <a>I blogged about the benefits it can provide</a> the day before you posted your comment.</p> <p>Hay fever and past knee surgeries (that have since healed) do not prohibit people from getting individual policies. It may require a bit more shopping around, and the policies may either exclude the pre-existing condition (like <a>Jay's lipoma</a> and titanium rod in his arm) or charge more to cover it. But in order to be declined completely by all carriers, a person has to have a serious health condition, be extremely overweight, or have a multitude of smaller health issues.</p> Star, I’m sorry to hear about your eye. I hope that you don’t lose it. Also, I’m sorry your comment took so long to show up. It went into our spam filter that we’d quit checking after installing the captcha. We’ll make sure to keep checking it.
I do not try to sound like a know it all – in fact, I think I pretty much echo all the health advice that we hear over and over from doctors, the CDC, and various health experts across the country. And with regards to weight loss surgery, I blogged about the benefits it can provide the day before you posted your comment.

Hay fever and past knee surgeries (that have since healed) do not prohibit people from getting individual policies. It may require a bit more shopping around, and the policies may either exclude the pre-existing condition (like Jay’s lipoma and titanium rod in his arm) or charge more to cover it. But in order to be declined completely by all carriers, a person has to have a serious health condition, be extremely overweight, or have a multitude of smaller health issues.

]]> By: Personal Finance Tips and News at www.AboutCashFlow.com » Blog Archive » Individual Health Insurance Jitters http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/comment-page-1/#comment-7493 Personal Finance Tips and News at www.AboutCashFlow.com » Blog Archive » Individual Health Insurance Jitters Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:28:36 +0000 http://www.insuranceshoppers.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/#comment-7493 [...] More: continued here [...] [...] More: continued here [...]

]]> By: Star http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/comment-page-1/#comment-7492 Star Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:00:01 +0000 http://www.insuranceshoppers.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/#comment-7492 Pardon me, but I have been reading some of your entries and you come off as pretty young and a little know-it-ally, esp about how people should just eat less and skip weight loss surgery or run out and buy their own insurance. Many people with small health issues, as small as hay fever or a past knee surgery, cannot get individual insurance--so hang onto yours for the day you develop a real health problem. Everyone does. No one dies of being too healthy. Me, I was sitting at lunch and my right eye filled with blood. I may lose it now. Surprise! Pardon me, but I have been reading some of your entries and you come off as pretty young and a little know-it-ally, esp about how people should just eat less and skip weight loss surgery or run out and buy their own insurance. Many people with small health issues, as small as hay fever or a past knee surgery, cannot get individual insurance–so hang onto yours for the day you develop a real health problem. Everyone does. No one dies of being too healthy. Me, I was sitting at lunch and my right eye filled with blood. I may lose it now. Surprise!

]]> By: Health Business Blog » Blog Archive » Health Wonk Review http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/comment-page-1/#comment-7490 Health Business Blog » Blog Archive » Health Wonk Review Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:51:29 +0000 http://www.insuranceshoppers.net/blog1/2007/06/07/individual-health-insurance-jitters/#comment-7490 [...] The individual insurance market can be frightening, says Jay Norris of Colorado Health Insurance Insider. [...] [...] The individual insurance market can be frightening, says Jay Norris of Colorado Health Insurance Insider. [...]

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