Guaranteed Healthcare

I am getting more and more disgusted with health care in this great country. With three of my neighbors (otherwise healthy, hardworking) people either loosing their homes or having lost their home as a DIRECT result of medical issues, I have to redirect my emotions to humor. My story is humorous and/or annoying rather than sad, like so many others around me. I can no longer say I am "proud to be an American."

About one and a half years ago my wife and I were having problems conceiving our first baby. Our doctor suggested we both be tested for fertility issues. I did my duty in a small room with the appropriate male literature. A few weeks later I received a bill for both the use of the room and the necessary lab work; the insurance company denied the claim.

Our insurance does not cover fertility TREATMENTS. When I called to question how TESTING was considered a TREATMENT, the conversation got a little heated. At one point the insurance representative said that it was not covered for a couple of reasons: they do not cover fertility treatments, and that they could not determine from this test if I had a pre-existing fertility condition. My reply was that if my testicles were the pre-existing condition, then YES, I have a pre-existing condition: I have had my balls all of my life...