tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10533897.post111383586875285962..comments2023-12-22T09:29:45.273-05:00Comments on InsureBlog: HIPAA and Maternity: A Dialectic (or a Debacle)…H G Sternhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09024546809016528222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10533897.post-1113878261071382882005-04-18T22:37:00.000-04:002005-04-18T22:37:00.000-04:00.Hey, any time...always happy to help out! ;-))An....<BR/>Hey, any time...always happy to help out! ;-))<BR/><BR/>And just think, of all the things you <B><I>should</B></I> have had your hand slapped for...<BR/><BR/>Actually, I do owe you a big <B><A>Thanx</B></A>: I've never had this come up (yet), and now I at least have some kind of handle on it.<BR/><BR/>As do any "lurkers." ;-))<BR/><BR/>It still strikes me as fundamentally unfair (even by gummint standards) that the diabetic is "punished" while the pregnant woman is "rewarded."<BR/><BR/>One would think that the ACLU might be interested in this, no?H G Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024546809016528222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10533897.post-1113873279091602872005-04-18T21:14:00.000-04:002005-04-18T21:14:00.000-04:00Gee, thanks Henry . . . for telling the world I go...Gee, thanks Henry . . . for telling the world I got my head on a platter for missing this HIPAA exception. Your turn is coming!<BR/><BR/>Have to admit, I was floored when this came up. After all, what part of this makes sense? New enrollee, no prior coverage, diabetic, has to wait a year before she can get coverage.<BR/><BR/>New enrollee #2, no prior coverage, pregnant, no pre-ex waiting period.<BR/><BR/>Diabetic had no control over their disease. Pregnant woman did. <BR/><BR/>What am I missing?<BR/><BR/>Diabetes (and cancer, and cardiac problems, and . . .) are all "accidents" in that no one PLANS on becoming diabetic, contracting cancer, having a heart attack. But pregnancy is a (mostly) PLANNED condition and one that can be 100% avoided.<BR/><BR/>Sounds political to me. Show me the congressman(woman) who said we can't discriminate against a pregnant lady but we can make everyone else WAIT before they get coverage.<BR/><BR/>So if a pregnant diabetic . . .Bob Vineyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797362875340794937noreply@blogger.com