The first thing EVERYBODY has to acknowledge is that "pre-existing conditions", in this context , means WELFARE. Pure and simple. You can't buy insurance on your house after it burns down are on your car after you wreck it. I don't blame anybody for wanting somebody else to pay for their problems and taking care of those who cannot take care of themselves. It is the right thing to do, but disguising welfare as insurance is insidious.
This.
Ok... but are you two under some illusion that your "house ain't ever gonna burn" down so to speak? Time wounds all heels... or else perhaps you are insulated from this because you have not and/or will not need to change insurers? I mean, Pat, say you lost the insurance you likely still have through your union... now anything you've ever had treated could be a pre-existing condition and conceivably thus un-insurable. This makes you a welfare case? That seems a little harsh considering it's everyone's destiny physically. The difference is some folks, mostly public sector (cough Pat cough Jorge) are insulated from all of this. But that's a weird high-horse to get up on IMHO.
