[bdeutsch]

All of us likely have examples of individuals who take advantage of the system, and while we all know this is wrong, it is simply human nature. I do not know of a way to fix this.

I think the thing that made me the angriest about the whole episode with our son was that we were willing to personally pay whatever was needed to get the healthcare bridge coverage. It simply did not matter though though as, at least initially, no carrier wanted to cover him (and again, the medical condition described in the earlier post was nothing).

It took us about 3-months and many calls to insurers, to get coverage that should have been a no-brainer. Had something happened to him during this time, a car accident let's say, we (gladly), would have given up everything to pay his medical bills (worse case scenario). This was a wake up call to us, that something is terribly wrong with the existing system.