One more new twist in the insurance game...this county is holding a lottery...to choose those who can be offered a policy at a discounted rate...Kaiser Permanente..one catch here, some of the folks who's name may be drawn still can't afford it..it's almost like winning the Lotto with no jack pot...but the one good point about the program is that if you are chosen via the lottery you will be covered no matter what pre-existing conditions you have...so it sounds as if the lottery is only good for those who can afford to play...BD
Like the thousands of Howard County residents who are without health insurance, Carol Ray cannot afford preventive health care or visits to the dentist. A mother of two teenage boys, Ray, 45, said her $25,000-a-year secretarial job at a small extermination company can cover her apartment's rent and utilities and other necessities, but not private health insurance.
The first step of the program, announced last month by County Executive Ken Ulman, will give 175 county residents the opportunity to buy a discounted two-year insurance plan through Kaiser Permanente. A lottery will be held Tuesday to determine the recipients.
"Whatever your state of health, if you're chosen through the lottery, we'll cover you," said Kaiser Mid-Atlantic President Marilyn Kawamura.
County health insurance lottery is Tuesday -- baltimoresun.com
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