tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174404637229026409.post812789963400946650..comments2009-02-28T03:51:29.959-05:00Comments on Zebroid: COBRA - Health Insurance and the riskszebriodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298668491316100085noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174404637229026409.post-86933403452850467772009-02-24T10:02:00.000-05:002009-02-24T10:02:00.000-05:00Your post came up on my Google Alert for "TM." Yo...Your post came up on my Google Alert for "TM." Your experiences with COBRA and other health insurance are scary. The health insurance issue was one main motivator for me to try to return to work after TM hit me 6 years ago. (T-10, still use a walker all the time) I was then, and still am, dubious about relying on only SS disability and Medicaid. I will be interested to learn if you have any success in that direction.<BR/><BR/>About 1 year into TM, I applied for some life insurance -- just to see how it would go. It didn't go-- as I suspected--despite the overconfidence of the eager young salesman. When I pressured the underwriter about WHY it was declined, it came down to that there was no evidence of what CAUSED the TM, so there MIGHT be an underlying problem which would be uninsurable.<BR/><BR/>Health care and insurance in this country are huge problems for anyone that needs either. Keep posting about how things go for you!<BR/><BR/>Good luck on this Fat Tuesday! The "good times" have been rolling here in Louisiana.<BR/><BR/>Carolyncarosteelmagnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144701719961172349noreply@blogger.com