Recently, I left a job with employer provided insurance to venture out on my own. And the health insurance nightmare has shown why we need Obamacare.
My past few weeks have been an ordeal of health insurance applications. Seems my pre-existing condition is an automatic disqualifier for every major health plan. For a condition managed quite well for over six years with quarterly doctor visits and $40 worth of medications a month. Even the company that has insured me for over six years turned me down.
But, it is not just me. My two kids as well. No pre-existing conditions for them, but I am denied and so are they.
So, I am looking into short term insurance that does not cover much until Obamacare kicks in in 2014. Not what I want, not what I would pay for, but what I must accept.
Next time someone complains about Obamacare, I will let them see my two kids, both toddlers, and let them tell my kids that they don't deserve health insurance because I have a pre-existing condition. And I will tell them to f**k off.