Thomas01

Thanks girl55. I have insurance now but it literally covers nothing other than ER visits and catastrophic disease. I wish I didn't have it though because going six months WITHOUT insurance is required to join the federal high-risk pool that starts up in either June or July (part of the healthcare bill). The Texas high-risk pool website admits federal premiums will be around half as much and there are no pre-existing conditions exclusions. A year from now there will be all kinds of stories about people trying to go six months without insurance in order to be eligible for the federal pool - people who got sick and went without care, went bankrupt, died. I wish our country was just 20% as good as all the propaganda we were fed as kids... It's depressing as hell. Thanks again for the reply. Tom

I'm in Texas, self-employed, and having a very hard time finding health insurance due to having lap-band two years ago. It really gets frustrating because I'm healthier than at least 80% of people my age (41). Even if you live outside of Texas, please let me know if you've been able to find decent insurance subsequent to having lap-band surgery. Thanks, Tom