Opinion: A bygone pre-existing condition shouldn’t keep my son from getting health insurance
Denying people health insurance due to pre-existing conditions goes against some basic tenets of what it means to be an American.
When our second child, Zade, arrived in 2004, my wife and I thought we knew most of the hazards facing babies. Until the night in the fast food restaurant when Zade died.
At least that’s what it seemed like. I had taken him to the bathroom to change his diaper and he suddenly went limp, didn’t respond to me, and started turning blue. It was maybe 30 seconds, but it felt like an eternity. I can still feel the panic that engulfed me as I ran out of the bathroom screaming, with no idea what was wrong or what to do. An ambulance arrived and whisked my wife and son to
