Released on: November 6, 2007, 12:43 pm

Press Release Author: Andrew

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: A retired medically impaired senior citizen in Los Angeles,
California, is outraged at being victimized and exploited by the state he has lived
in happily for the past 20 years.

Press Release Body: (Los Angeles) -- A retired medically impaired senior citizen,
Andrew Salad, 61, of Los Angeles, California, is outraged at being victimized and
exploited by the state he has lived in happily for the past 20 years.

Andrew was denied normal health insurance coverage due to medical impairment. To
get health insurance coverage he was forced to get the State of California\'s "high
risk" medical coverage. He got it. But, solely because he is medically impaired,
and a 61-year-old senior citizen, his health insurance coverage will cost him a
whopping $15,000 a year.

To add insult to injury, the 2008 changes to California\'s high risk medical
insurance plans, known as MRMIP, will now cost subscribers like Andrew an additional
$500 up front ... in the form of a brand new first-time $500 deductible. Normally,
when a deductible is instituted, or raised, insurance premiums go down. But the
premiums did not go down; instead, Andrew Salad\'s premium went UP ... by $40 a
month!

As a result, starting in 2008, Mr. Salad\'s health insurance costs will now skyrocket
by $1,000 annually. As of 2008, he will now be paying nearly $15,000 a year for his
medical insurance, solely because he is medically impaired and because of his age.
The $15,000 annual cost is not for an entire family, it's for single coverage, for
one individual. And, unfortunately, though a senior citizen, Andrew still has 4
more years to wait until he qualifies for medicare.

For 2008, California\'s high risk medical insurance companies will get 2 raises; a
fat $500 deductible and a fat premium increase. What will subscribers get?
Subscribers, including medically impaired senior citizens, will get hosed.

The State of California, which oversees the high risk insurance plans, is allowing
this victimization and exploitation of medically impaired residents, including
senior citizens, for the benefit of Blue Cross (who earned a whopping 3.1 billion
dollars in 2006) and other medical insurance companies participating in California\'s
high risk medical insurance pool.

According to Andrew, \"How many of us, especially medically impaired senior citizens,
can afford to pay up to $15,000 a year, out of pocket, just for medical insurance
coverage? It\'s an outrage! This is a perfect example of government gone wild,
health care gone greedy. It\'s exploitive, out of control, and in urgent need of
fixing.\"

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Contact Details: Andrew Salad
Los Angeles, CA
andls@aol.com