>Several days ago there were questions and suggestions about insurance >for long term care....especially refusal of insurance because of PD. >I wrote to TIAA-CREF (BIG pension plan for teachers) for their >application for Long Term Care for Teachers. One of the questions >asked if you had any neurological problems and specifically mentioned >ALS; PD; stroke and MS. As soon as I saw that question I pitched the >application in the waste basket..... With the number of former faculty >members on this list::::have any of you been OKed for long term care >by TIAA after being diagnosed with PD? Should I retrieve the applicatio >from the waste basket? Margaret Mates **************************************************************************** ****** Isn't that some form of discrimination? Retrieve it from the wastebasket and fill it out and send it in please---see if they have enough nerve to turn you down. In the meantime we can research this!!! Blessings to all, Marjorie L. Moorefield just another librarain [log in to unmask] Internet Communications of America, Inc.