Getting into the much heralded PPACA High Risk Pool requires among other things that an applicant be A) uninsured for at least six months and B) produce proof of an insurer turndown--being "uninsurable", due to a pre-existing condition--a so-called denial letter.
The other day, I received a very disturbing email from fayeforcure a Kossack we all know and love about what she has encountered trying to get the all important denial letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.
I fear Faye's story is being repeated over and over, the length and breadth of our nation.
Faye is trying to access healthcare via the PPACA and the high risk pool for her son who is a quadriplegic.
To even begin the application process, the PPACA leaves her at the tender mercies of the private insurance industry, in this case, Florida Blue Cross. She (and all Americans), first must prove citizenship, then extract from a Murder By Spreadsheet insurance company the all-important "denial of coverage" letter.
