Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot

On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:33:48 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Hmm, I wonder

Unknown for specifics about him, but pre-existing conditions
eliminates many people from getting full coverage health care.


Oct 01, 2020

Other estimates put the number of non-elderly adults with pre-existing
conditions as high as 102 million, 122 million, or 133 million.   In
addition to declinable conditions, these estimates took into account
conditions that would not necessarily get a person denied when
applying for individual health insurance then, but that could trigger
other adverse actions.  Hypertension (high blood pressure) is an
example of one such common pre-existing condition affecting more than
33 million adults under 65.  A KFF study of medical underwriting
practices asked individual market insurers to consider a hypothetical
applicant with high blood pressure who also smoked and was overweight.
In 60 applications for coverage, this person was rejected 33 times
(55%); offered a policy with surcharged premiums 25 times (42%), and
offered coverage with no restrictions or premium surcharges twice
(3%).

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/pre-existing-conditions-what-are-they-and-how-many-people-have-them/