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FinanceGeek · 07-22-2007, 05:53 PM

When I lived overseas a few years back we maintained our domestic health insurance for our time abroad exactly because we were told the opposite of what you are stating, namely we were told that coverage overseas does NOT count as "prior coverage" for HIPAA eligibility.

Guess I'd suggest reading the fine print of HIPAA to find out for sure.

07-22-2007, 05:53 PM	#2
FinanceGeek Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 253	When I lived overseas a few years back we maintained our domestic health insurance for our time abroad exactly because we were told the opposite of what you are stating, namely we were told that coverage overseas does NOT count as "prior coverage" for HIPAA eligibility. Guess I'd suggest reading the fine print of HIPAA to find out for sure. Last edited by FinanceGeek; 07-22-2007 at 07:25 PM.