Is there way to get into the new high-risk pool without going uninsured for 6 months?

We felt this was a great article worth sharing.  Q&A from Consumer Reports by Nancy Metcalf Question: My husband and I are 57 years old and live in Arizona. We are early retirees, too young for Medicare, but with pre-existing conditions that make it impossible to be covered by any plan except a guaranteed issue plan with extremely high premiums and poor coverage. Last year, about half of our modest income went to cover health care! Will we be able to drop our current private insurance and sign up for coverage under the new high-risk pool for people with pre-existing conditions? The last thing we want to do is go without insurance for six months and risk everything we’ve tried so hard to avoid. But from everything I’ve read, it seems that is what we’ll have to do. We are the people … Continue reading →