'High-risk' pool medical insurance program set to begin
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 02:42
in Health & Medicine
Americans who have been denied coverage because of a preexisting medical condition may begin applying Thursday under the new program. A tanning salon tax also takes effect. The Obama administration and some state governments will begin accepting applications Thursday for new insurance programs designed to cover people who have been denied insurance because they have preexisting medical conditions.