Not to sound like a bitch, but that sounds a little fishy to me. It might vary from state to state, but a) most people on welfare are on medicaid rather than medicare, and medicaid doesn't discriminate against pre-existing conditions (which would be ridiculous, sinc e a bulk of people go on it for disability!) and b) even if they are on medicare I've NEVER heard of them not covering a pre-existing condition.
It's possible I'm wrong, or more likely that the story is true but a bit jumbled (maybe medicaid/care won't remove it because doctors have said it's inoperable or won't make a difference if they do), so I don't think it's bad to support this, just that I'd maybe want a little more information!
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Date: 2010-08-14 03:33 pm (UTC)It's possible I'm wrong, or more likely that the story is true but a bit jumbled (maybe medicaid/care won't remove it because doctors have said it's inoperable or won't make a difference if they do), so I don't think it's bad to support this, just that I'd maybe want a little more information!