Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions: Myrna-Care
Featuring people like Myrna, who have pre-existing conditions, MyCare is an initiative to educate Americans about new programs, benefits and rights under the health care law.
Myrna-Care: Coverage for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
It was almost like somebody beating you and then beating you again when you couldn’t breathe.
My name is Myrna, I am a commercial real estate broker. I have been doing it for about 16-17 years.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003.
At the time I was not married. Most real estate agents are independent contractors, self-employed. I interviewed seven different insurance agents. None of them would sell me insurance. Insurance companies turned me down, rejected me because I had a pre-existing condition. After the second agent and after the third agent you actually come to realize like ‘oh my God this is really happening to me. I’m not gonna be able to get insurance from anybody.'
Thank God I was actually in the process of getting married because my choices at that point in time because of the bills--I was facing over half a million dollars worth of treatment.
Within a few months of us getting married, the health insurance, I was automatically added, he was on a policy that had approximately one hundred seventy-five employees so there was no issue.There was no questions. It was a matter of here’s our marriage certificate and in just that second I was covered immediately.
It’s been 9 years and I am cancer free.
At this point in time, life is good. Things are changing with health care, which is positive for me, not only for my own story but for the women that I actually go out and fight for as well.
At a time in my life where there was no hope, Health Care Reform would have been the angel that I was looking for.
The Health Care law is about people like me. It's Myrna care.
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