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At 04:22 PM 12/28/97 EST, NBozzie wrote: >I recently bought a Long-Term Policy for myself and wanted to get one for John >too. After spending many months researching various companies and their >policies' terms, it was apparent that none of the five or six major insurance >companies that we looked at were willing to insure a person with PD. As a >matter of fact, about the fourth question of the application asked, "Have you >ever had 1) cancer 2) heart disease, 3) Parkinson or Alzheimers, etc... If >'yes' to any of the above, DO NOT SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION." !!! >Was told by agents that PD is seen as one of those "illnesses" that would >quickly qualify the insured for meeting the requirements necessary for the >policy to be activated; i.e., dementia, feeding oneself, dressing, etc. > >NOT FAIR!!! But the insurance companies are making the rules and the money. >They want to keep it that way! > HOW TRUE HOW TRUE