X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:04:02 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from webmail2.lsn.net ([66.90.130.102] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTPS id 3899808 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:09:50 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.90.130.102; envelope-from=mmcmanus@grandecom.net Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail2.lsn.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n9QH9EBt004822 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:09:14 -0500 Received: from l98upwp6.hewitt.com (l98upwp6.hewitt.com [204.152.235.219]) by webmail.grandecom.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:09:14 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <20091026120914.20362sy8wjdrggqi@webmail.grandecom.net> X-Original-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:09:14 -0500 From: mmcmanus@grandecom.net X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Health Insurance Pitfalls References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.3.3 X-Originating-IP: 204.152.235.219 No argument from me, especially since I fall into multiple of those "high risk" activities. The bad news is that exclusions like that are becoming the norm. I was unable to get reasonable life insurance without exclusions for GA type activities. I'm sure it probably exists, but not as cheap, and harder to find. Matt Quoting Joseph Neustein : > It gets worse. That is actually the policy the University of Texas > Southwestern Medical School offers to their medical students. As was noted, > the pilot exclusion was only one of a number of undesirable policy > features. I have found lots of other options for a young healthy pilot > medical student that don't have the pilot exclusion or any of the other > ridiculous limitations. Egregious behavior like this by insurance companies > is what is driving this country toward socialized medicine. But I digress, > just thought the "caveat emptor" should be shared. > > > Joseph Neustein, MD > 7280 Valencia Drive > Boca Raton, Fl 33433 > 915-276-8316 mobile > 509-271-2700 fax > jneusteinmd@gmail.com > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:14 AM, wrote: > >> hope you aren't paying premiums for that policy....it does not cover much >> of anything >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joseph Neustein >> To: lml@lancaironline.net >> Sent: Sun, Oct 25, 2009 7:46 pm >> Subject: [LML] Health Insurance Pitfalls >> >> I was aware of exclusion on life insurance policies for private pilots >> and scuba divers but this health insurance policy underwritten by >> UnitedHealthCare caught me by surprise. See exclusion #27 >> >> Add "review health insurance policy exclusion" to another CHECKLIST >> >> >> Joseph Neustein, MD >> N36YZES-P phase I >> 7280 Valencia Drive >> Boca Raton, Fl 33433 >> 915-276-8316 mobile >> 509-271-2700 fax >> jneusteinmd@gmail.com >> >>> ** >>> >>> >> >> -- >> For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html >> >> >