What's love got to do with it?

Move to Mass. They have socialized meds there.

Seems to me there would be a way to buy insurance if you have the money. But I've no clue how you would go about it. I'd start by asking isurance companies about some sort of umbudsman or information service that they could put you in touch with. Maybe the state medical office? An HR person incharge of the medical benifits. where you work.

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Explain further. If you are married but living apart, then for how long? And then you would have to divorce for a trivial reason? Also, you would be considered as "putting away your wife" without giving her a bill of divorce, thus tempting her into adultery (what should be, I believe, the proper translation of Malachi 2:16).

To avoid legalism, you should really be asking the Lord bro. I'm not really sure what the whole situation entails but it sounds pretty dodgy to me. Is there any other alternative?

Marrying for medical insurance may not be the best reason to get married.

Personally in this case. You should pray at night and ask the Lord for guidance. I think the lord would let you save yourself first. I wish I could quote a bible passage for you but since your bipolar you ought to save yourself first bro. You could always ask for forgiveness later.

iambren said:

OK, I divorced mid year 2008. I am self-employed and have continued via Cobra medical insurance that I had through her. I am bipolar and am refused by every insurance company I've applied with and due to an error in billing I lost the Cobra today. I am panicky and depressed but have thought of a possible solution.

What would you say of my remarrying my former spouse technically so that I can get insurance through her if she would agree?

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I would suggest speaking to attorney who specializes in healthcare law. Morally, however, I believe that there are some issues with marrying for the purpose of maintaining insurance. Just my opinion. Hopefully, this kind of nonsense from insurance companies will soon be outlawed.

I'm lucky. I live in the UK. We have (open quotes) socialised medicine (close quotes) such that no one in our nation faces the dilemma you do. I know; I had a massive mental breakdown including something called schizo-affective disorder, which is like schizophrenia but for older people, I'm told. Anyway. My country has funded my medical care and kept me in enough money for food and rent for the last 10 years. I'm proud of it, and prouder still when I consider my good fortune in this respect is the same for everyone here, regardless of race, creed, colour, sex, gender, caste, class and income.

I truly hope you find an answer that doesn't involve using your ex-wife in the way you suggest. Meanwhile, I truly hope America, the richest country in the world, manages to find a way to provide the health-care each and all it's citizens need, free at the point of need, through some kind of universal insurance scheme. It is the only civilised solution.

Best wishes, 2ndRateMind.

3 more months .. I pray you'll be able to make that.