Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City rejected my application for coverage. Now that health care reform has passed, how do I go about getting a policy?
The passage of the Senate bill on health care reform last weekend is just the first step in a long process of implementing health care reform in our country. This question refers to the part of reform called “guaranteed issue,” in which health insurers will be required to sell insurance to anyone who applies, without reviewing health conditions. This part of reform won’t be implemented until 2014. Until that time, the White House has promised Americans that, shortly after reform passed, insurance options (like high risk pools) would be implemented for those individuals who can’t get insurance elsewhere. As soon as we have information about how and where these options might be available, we can share it with you.
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