From: L.A. Times - Health
With their preexisting conditions, the Perrys cant get private
coverage. Now theyre spending retirement funds on a state policy
that caps at 75,000 a year. What if a catastrophe happens? The
states Major Risk Medical Insurance Program is meant to serve as a
last resort for the up to 400,000 Californians who have been
rejected for health coverage by private insurers because of medical
problems.
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