No longer would they be able to deny your coverage because of a preexisting condition.
If they had a preexisting condition, they might not be able to get coverage at all.
It'll be against the law for insurance companies to deny you coverage because of a preexisting condition.
Parents of children who suffer from a preexisting condition can finally breathe a sigh of relief, too.
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And with regards to health care, you had remarkable details with regards to my preexisting condition plan.
In most states, insurance carriers can deny coverage to individuals with a preexisting condition like cancer or diabetes.
Now, that's progress in the sense that they've acknowledged that this preexisting condition situation is a real problem.
Insurance companies will no longer be able to deny you coverage on the basis of a preexisting condition.
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No more denying coverage to children based on a preexisting condition or disability.
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They won't be able to discriminate against you because you have a preexisting condition -- let's say, diabetes or asthma.
We know what this does for families with children that are suffering from what an insurance company considers a preexisting condition.
Under the act, the plan includes -- plans that include coverage for children cannot deny coverage based on a preexisting condition.
If your child has a preexisting condition, insurance companies, starting this year, will not be able to deny those children coverage.
The preexisting condition rule places crippling limits on the ability of insurers to create policies based on their best assessment of risk.
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And if you've got a preexisting condition you're not going to be excluded but you're going to be able to obtain health insurance.
So the idea is you combine a rule that eliminates preexisting condition exclusions with mandatory health insurance, just like auto insurance is mandatory.
Or when you get sick they try to find what they consider to be a preexisting condition that would justify them canceling your policy.
They want to roll back the law that will finally stop health insurance companies from denying you coverage on the basis of a preexisting condition.
So we have supported then and continue to support now doing away with insurance companies being able to discriminate on the basis of any preexisting condition.
Why would people not drop their health insurance if they can get it at any time as soon as they get sick because of the preexisting condition?
You can't have insurance companies have to take somebody who's sick, who's got a preexisting condition, if you don't have everybody covered, or at least almost everybody covered.
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Key to these reforms are making preventive care accessible and ensuring that Americans, including women living with HIV, are not excluded from being insured due to a preexisting condition.
This year, tens of thousands of uninsured Americans with a preexisting condition and parents whose children have a preexisting condition will finally be able to purchase the coverage they need.
It is illegal now for insurance companies to deny coverage to children because of a preexisting condition, and in 2014, discriminating against anyone with a preexisting condition will be illegal.
This year, tens of thousands of uninsured Americans with preexisting conditions, the parents of children who have a preexisting condition, will finally be able to purchase the coverage they need.
It began when people had the courage to stand up in town hall meetings and talk about how insurance companies were denying their families coverage because of a preexisting condition.
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People will get kicked off their insurance because the insurance company has decided what they have is actually a preexisting condition that they failed to report when they got the insurance.
She quickly found out that she couldn't get health insurance that would cover her type 1 diabetes, at least without a six-month or year-long waiting period, because it is considered a preexisting condition.
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In addition to this -- the status quo ensures that you could still be discriminated against based on a preexisting condition, that you could still lose your health insurance if you get sick.
But understand this -- when this becomes law, an insurance company will no longer be able to discriminate against a child that has -- that they believe or says that has a preexisting condition.
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