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- From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Insurance question
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 17:51:11 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
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- Distribution: world
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- References: <C1A9J2.Bp0@cup.hp.com>
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- In article Bp0@cup.hp.com, staggers@cup.hp.com (Ken Staggers) writes:
- >: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
- >
- >: >>Every life insurance policy I have had required a blood test.
-
- >For my life insurance, there was no blood test required. HP gives new
- >employees 30 days to sign up with a private (I dont think we own it)
- >insurance company. If you choose a 1 times your salary policy, no additional
- >forms are needed. I chose a 2xSalary. I filled out a medical form and
- >sent it to their underwriter, CIGNA. They may have checked, but I doubt it.
-
- Employer paid or subsidized life insurance has different rules. Sun
- insured me with no test required. I chose to insure my wife under the
- same group plan, for a lower total amount, and they required a blood
- test of her.
-
- >(my signature on the CIGNA form does give them the right to ask my
- >doctor, but that doesnt mean my doctor has to tell them anything).
-
- Your doctor gets paid 90%+ of his money from insurance companies. She
- is not about to withhold anything from them to protect *your* privacy.
- Your accountant doesn't *have* to tell the IRS anything, either... do
- you think he won't?
-
- >ACM also provides life insurance which I think doesnt require blood tests
- >if your paper work looks OK.
-
- For most insurers, the blood test is required for a policy greater than
- some amount. Below that, the cost of testing exceeds the benefits of
- excluding high risk persons. The cut-off point is often negotiated
- with large employers to get their business.
-
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