>>Of course long term care insurance is unavailable for my husband, the >>parkinsonian, or any other person with parkinson disease. However, I >>realized it might be important for me to have this, while i can still >>acquire it. Only healthy people need apply. The reasoning behind it is >>that my husband could not care for me should I break a limb >>or become incapacitated in other ways. The future does not look >>promising for adequate health care for the elderly. >>Perhaps someone has a solution to this problem. > >This may be some what off-tangent, and i don't want to sound whiney, but >Rhea Dorn's words above highlight something i feel strongly about: >Insurance companies (in all their incarnations) should not be a profit >motive venture. > >I'm only 28, and i am essentially locked into my insurance company with my >current policy; my "pre-existing condition" results in me being treated >like a Leper by insurance companies. > >Wish i had a solution! > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >"Peace from the Clouds" \--*MH*--/ > >Jeffrey Romanyshyn Email: [log in to unmask] >"Myth Hawk" > >28/Diagnosed 3yrs/Sinemet CR 2x/Sinemet 10/100 as morning booster/Eldepyrl >5mg 1x/Homeopathy Treatment > >Myth tells us where we come from, who we are, and where we are going. > >If you wish, please check out some of my poetry (written under the >psuedonym ROM CARPATHIAN) and other fine literary creations at the M. David >Lewis Enterprises HomePage at: http://www.mdle.com/ > I do not know were you are from but in CANADA we have the Insurance BUREAU of Canada Or the insurance regulatory boardtry that in the city or country that your from