The scumbag executives at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas have relented but only because of the new health care law:
The Tracys said insurance agents assured them they could buy health insurance for Houston once he was born.
But then, Houston's parents found out that the term "pre-existing condition" can apply the moment someone is born.
Doug Tracy, 39, called his congressmen. Then the local news media spread the word.
"People from Sweden, from Australia were calling me," Doug Tracy said.
Soon, Darren Rodgers the C.E.O. of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Texas called Tracy too. Within a few days of negotiations, Tracy said he had a letter from Rodgers that promised to pay for Houston's surgery and offered him insurance coverage.
"Doug Tracy said his son now will have a Blue Cross and Blue Shield policy through the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool, which will cost $277 a month -- $10 more than the premium on the policy he tried to take out for his son.
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Per this ABC news article, the parents say they had already gotten charged on their credit card for the policy for their son prior to his birth but because of his heart condition, BCBS denied coverage. Because they could. Because the new law doesn't FORCE them to cover kids for 6 months.
BCNS says in their statement that they "share the public's concern for this child and for uninsured children."
Fucking liars.
If they had cared, they would have covered this baby instead of trying their old tricks that necessitated an act of Congress to stop them.
This child's situation is a case in point that even a teabagger can understand: the murderous goons in the health insurance industry had to be stopped.
These dirtbag executives really thought they could get away with pulling their depraved shit a few more times!!!
But the new regulations got rammed down their throats before they could murder-by-spreadsheet or before they could bankrupt another American family again.
It looks like its up to bloggers and the media to keep kids alive for the next 6 months.