Comments on: Wounded Troops Face Too Much Bureaucracy http://veteranveritas.com/?p=159 Hang out for combat veterans and families. Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: SantaCruzSam http://veteranveritas.com/?p=159#comment-540 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:36:11 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=159#comment-540 You know what else is “widespread, entrenched and insidious?” The pure insanity of the “pre-existing condition” dictums that are like edicts for the Insurance industry. 

Did you know that a Veteran with a diagnoses of PTSD, cannot get life insurance?  Yup, the answer is nope!  So, you can take the notion of ‘stigma” to the power of 8.  What young soldier is going to seek help knowing that they will not be able to get life insurance when they enter their vocation and start a family?

So, the down and dirty fact is here, the nation you defend cannot defend you!  There are no adjectives for this–at least not in polite company.

The tactic then? Get your insurance before the diagnosis.

But still, this very aspect alone makes the current Health  Care and Insurance Industry  untrustworthy and not deserving of the soldier and Marines defense of them. Somethin’s gotta change.

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