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I've search the forum and found a few mentions of hernias and health insurance ....
My doc says I have a hernia, but says that there is no reason to repair it citing a NEJM article. I ask him whether I should have surgery while I am still working and have great health insurance. I also say I don't want to have problems getting insurance when I retire early. From his reaction he has never been asked this by one of his patients (I'm a few years younger than he is).
Question to the forum: Has an existing hernia changed the health insurance you were able to obtain? I read that 25% of males eventually have a hernia, so it has to be common that there are lots of hernias out there with many repaired and many unrepaired.
My doc says I have a hernia, but says that there is no reason to repair it citing a NEJM article. I ask him whether I should have surgery while I am still working and have great health insurance. I also say I don't want to have problems getting insurance when I retire early. From his reaction he has never been asked this by one of his patients (I'm a few years younger than he is).
Question to the forum: Has an existing hernia changed the health insurance you were able to obtain? I read that 25% of males eventually have a hernia, so it has to be common that there are lots of hernias out there with many repaired and many unrepaired.