Insurance plans cannot exclude pre-existing medical conditions from coverage for children under age 19, although insurers could still reject those children outright for coverage in the individual market until 2014.
On the other hand, low-income individuals, young adults under the age of 26, and those with pre-existing conditions could all have more trouble affording health insurance coverage.
According to the most recent data released by the Administration, 56, 257 individuals with pre-existing conditions are enrolled in the federal high-risk pool program established under Obamacare.
For instance, while insurers have to pony up for most procedures under employer-sponsored plans, they can routinely deny coverage to individual policyholders with pre-existing medical conditions.