[The Germanator]

All I've heard about is the This American Life episode where a lady talks about how she got cancer and was dropped from coverage because she once incorrectly reported that she hadn't taken some acne medication. Insurance companies will look for ANY reason to drop you when you really need coverage.

Also, dropping people for predisposed conditions is terrible. I got a blood test recently because my brother almost died from a genetic blood disorder (he didn't have health insurance, didn't really have the $$$ to pay for it, we put off going to the ER for that reason and that's why he could have died, but that's a whole other story). So I buy health insurance, pay a decent amount of money for it, and get a blood test, and the insurance company tries to charge me the full amount for it. They tried to squeeze any bill possible out of my pocket. I'm kind of afraid to go back to the doctor, what will they try to charge for me next? I ended up not even having the same blood disorder! The privatization is not a good option, and we need a good public option.