[at-l] Denial of Health Coverage for "Risky" Sports

[The Lehmkuhl Family" <lehmkuhl@gte.net (The Lehmkuhl Family)]

Might I pose the question ....What happens to those of us who deal in "high
risk" activities as jobs...the outdoor programers, outdoor trip
people...people who traditionally do what they love, provide a service for
the public and are generally lower paid....do we get to pay MORE than we
already are?.....just askin'
vera


----- Original Message -----
From: "Orange Bug" <orangebug74@yahoo.com>
To: "Steve Landis" <landis@epix.net>; "AT-L" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Denial of Health Coverage for "Risky" Sports


> Volumes of truth are in that little observation.
>
> Just as a comment to the original note, the "insurer" can truthfully
> say that their limitations do not prevent employment. The limitations
> only prevent coverage of injuries sustained as a result of "risky"
> behaviors. This is one more indication that the insurance industries
> anti-trust exemptions have destroyed thier industry. We now only have
> underwriters, totally unprepared to deal with risk.
>
> The topic is only barely trail related.
>
> Bill...
>
> --- Steve Landis <landis@epix.net> wrote:
> > Leslie Booher wrote:
> ...
> > > because I can't make any sense of any of it, and it LONG.
> >
> > I'm afraid that's by design.
> >
>
>
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