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Originally Posted by FinanceGeek
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.
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I received the information from BCBS NY which is a guarantee issue state.
If there was a 63 day lapse from previous insurance, BCBS would not cover a pre existing illness.
But if you are out of the country and covered by socialized medicine it will count as credible coverage and there would be no lapse.
This is not using Hippa eligibility.
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