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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m okay with it, but I have a child with a genetic health condition. It would be a short term loss for me, but a long term gain for my kids.[/quote]

Ugh! I have one too and am not counting on anything from M4A.  They will be very preoccupied with overall health statistics and focusing on reducing the large risks like diabetes and heart disease. (Not that this is bad.)

They will not be into providing expensive treatments for those with rare genetic diseases and will have little incentive to even diagnose them.  My best hope is that the genetic disease my child has is of special interest to the NIH because it can shed light on some of the larger disease groups.[/quote]
DP.. does medicare today not cover rare genetic diseases? If it does today, I don't see why it wouldn't cover it if we had M4A. But, it may mean it's not 100% covered. [/quote]

Poster with kid with genetic condition here. No idea what the other poster was referring to, maybe they don’t cover experimental procedures. My kid’s condition is rare, but requires occasional surgeries and regular checkups to keep her in good health. Our insurance is good, but expensive. We spend a lot on copays though due to surgeries.  My concern is reinstatement of insurance companies being able to exclude pre-existing conditions. It also limits her employment options after she’s off mine.  I’ve had friends with cancer where their employer tried make it very difficult for them to stay because she was expensive. [/quote]

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