Your diagnosis as such does not prevent you from changing jobs or even careers.

Changing Jobs

Until recently, people with a medical condition who get their health insurance through work have ruled out changing jobs for fear of not being able to get new health insurance, or not being able to get it until after a long waiting period because of what's called a "pre-existing condition exclusion."

The fear of losing health coverage is no longer a problem thanks to COBRA and another federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, generally referred to as "HIPAA." Luckily, HIPAA applies to all employers with 2 or more employees.

In order to assure your benefits continue without a gap:

Step 1. Look at when your current employer's benefits end.
Step 2. Look at the extent to which a new employer has benefits and when the new benefits begin.
Step 3. Consider what to do if there is a gap in coverage, including how much it will cost you out-of-pocket, and how to pay those costs.

If you do decide to change jobs, don't burn your bridges with your old employer. You may need a reference or, as unlikely as it seems now, decide to return to the employer at some or need a favor at some point. Expect the best.

Changing Careers

A health history does not prevent you from changing careers. A change in career is not something to be done lightly.

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