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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Katelew who wrote (134468)3/25/2010 12:31:45 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (2) of 543038
 
>>I've always had the understanding that insurers are prevented by law from dropping people after they get sick.<<

In fact, the major insurance companies have whole departments dedicated to the task of finding excuses to cancel the policies of their sickest clients. They do so under various pretexts, usually having to do with some irregularity on the application forms.

It is notable that the insurers don't see any need to drop people for problems on their applications before they get sick. They're willing to accept the premiums from such people for as long as they are still adding to the plus side of the ledger.
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