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Tom Rinaldo

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3. There is a 30% insurance premium increase "fine" if you go uninsured for any period then "reenroll"

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 11:01 AM

Mar 2017

I'm not sure if this applies to folks who are signing up for insurance for the first time. But if you let you insurance lapse (which I have even seen defined as being a day late in your payment - needs clarifying) then restore your insurance with a preexisting condition, your payments are thus increased for I think a year.

This is off the top of my head, but there is something to this effect in their plan.

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Pre-existing conditions and the Republican healthcare plan [View all] Yavin4 Mar 2017 OP

That would be like greymattermom Mar 2017 #1

The nano-second you have a cancer diagnosis your future premium is multiplied out of your reach. Lars39 Mar 2017 #2

There is a 30% insurance premium increase "fine" if you go uninsured for any period then "reenroll" Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #3

The 30% increase is only for the first year. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #4

Okay, so most people will just take their chances. Yavin4 Mar 2017 #5

Yep, I would say so Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #6

So, to get around the pre-existing conditions prohibition Yavin4 Mar 2017 #7