What do you do if you need the medical insurance plan from your new employer? ?
Scarlett ~
The reality is that most group health plan's enrollment forms
will ask about your medical history, especially surgeries and/or hospitalization. Of course, if no one asks about past surgeries you can simply keep it to yourself. I'm not an expert but I assume that every group medial insurance plan has slightly differing forms and criteria. Some may not ask about surgeries. However, to
not list the surgery when
specifically asked (on a form) would constitute fraud. All you can do at that point is to reassure the HR people - and the interviewer (the principal, in Tim's case) that the tumor was benign - not cancerous - and that you're fine, now. After that, if the prospective employer decides to hold this against you (but finds another, legitimate reason for not hiring you, of course) it is out of your control. At least your integrity would be intact, even as you start signing up for food stamps.
Jim
