[Hot Tabasco]

He had health insurance, but it would not cover a joint replacement because his degenerative disease was related to an old sports injury, thus considered a pre-existing condition.

This story is complete BULLSHIT! I play senior softball and my manager just underwent knee replacement two weeks ago, another guy on my team had a hip replacement last winter, another friend had knee replacement last summer, ..........I can name another dozen guys who had either their hips or knees replaced and they were ALL due to prior injuries they incurred during their softball careers..........

[Right Wing Assault]

This story is complete BULLSHIT! I

I imagine different insurance companies do things differently, so that could be the problem.