So glad to hear back from you--I thought your advice was great, and it is nice to read more clearly what you are suggesting the 20-somethings out of college to do regarding health insurance: apply for health insurance sooner-rather-than-later, while your health is still good and you do not have any pre-existing conditions. HPV is very common, fortunately most of the strains are low-risk and do not cause long-term conditions, and I think your information will help many, many women.
I am surprised that "abnormal pap smear" is among the conditions listed, as this is very, very common for women. Perhaps the words that are most important is whether or not the condition is being "treated" or if "symptoms" are present? (Hypothetically, a woman can have an abnormal pap smear that does not need treatment---most of the time they do not---and are asymptomatic, which means the "box would not need to be checked??).
I have many issues with our individual health insurance company as well (we do not have group health coverage), and I think the more we share our successes and failures regarding this topic, the more aware everyone is regarding the health care crisis and hopefully we can see some health care reform (whatever the form; regardless of your political affiliation) very soon.
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ProactiveMom,
So glad to hear back from you--I thought your advice was great, and it is nice to read more clearly what you are suggesting the 20-somethings out of college to do regarding health insurance: apply for health insurance sooner-rather-than-later, while your health is still good and you do not have any pre-existing conditions. HPV is very common, fortunately most of the strains are low-risk and do not cause long-term conditions, and I think your information will help many, many women.
I am surprised that "abnormal pap smear" is among the conditions listed, as this is very, very common for women. Perhaps the words that are most important is whether or not the condition is being "treated" or if "symptoms" are present? (Hypothetically, a woman can have an abnormal pap smear that does not need treatment---most of the time they do not---and are asymptomatic, which means the "box would not need to be checked??).
I have many issues with our individual health insurance company as well (we do not have group health coverage), and I think the more we share our successes and failures regarding this topic, the more aware everyone is regarding the health care crisis and hopefully we can see some health care reform (whatever the form; regardless of your political affiliation) very soon.
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