As we speak, Americans are enrolling in new programs that provide affordable coverage for folks who had been shut out of the insurance market because of preexisting conditions.
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And we will be able to feel good about ourselves and sanctimonious about how pure our intentions are and how tough we are, and in the meantime, the American people are still seeing themselves not able to get health insurance because of preexisting conditions or not being able to pay their bills because their unemployment insurance ran out.
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For individuals with pre-existing conditions, the costs of obtaining insurance could even be higher, critics said.
The mandate is seen as necessary if insurance companies will be required to guarantee issue of health insurance policies and cover pre-existing conditions.
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But what is certain is that they have a number of core principles about health care that are deeply important to them, such as keeping children insured, keeping the prescription drug mandate in Medicare Part D, ensuring the portability of insurance, and covering preexisting conditions.
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Both parties agree on major aspects of health care reform, including a halt to insurance company practices of denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and capping the annual out-of-pocket expenses of consumers for health care.
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The indemnity will apply only to those operators that already carry such coverage, only to the limits of their existing terms and conditions and the portion of existing coverage that will not be offered in commercially available insurance policies.
Adults who are uninsured because of pre-existing conditions will have access to affordable insurance through a temporary subsidized high-risk pool.
Many states mandate that health insurance cover all sorts of ailments and conditions, as well as such things as massage therapy and marriage counseling.
Obviously the individual responsibility portions of the Affordable Care Act are the basis and the foundation for examining and doing away with insurance company discrimination on behalf of preexisting conditions.
And, of course, the Affordable Care Act will make it impossible to deny insurance on the basis of pre-exisiting conditions.
You'd have to be covered against catastrophically costly conditions but could choose to buy additional insurance or pay out of pocket for everyday medical needs.
When an insurance plan denies women coverage because of preexisting conditions, that puts a strain on emergency rooms and drives up costs of care for everybody.
Patients with pre-existing medical conditions have also been able to obtain health insurance since the passage of the law.
It may make sense for banks to be allowed some degree of financial protection, or insurance, against changing economic conditions.
In just two weeks, Americans denied coverage because of preexisting conditions will be able to enroll in a new national insurance pool.
This new provision takes effect on September 23 and will bring welcome relief to parents of children with medical conditions who often were denied access to health insurance.
Speaking at the Value Voters Summit today, Baptist minister turned politician turned talk show host, Mike Huckabee, denounced the notion of providing health insurance to people with pre-existing conditions.
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In return for getting more customers, we would require insurance companies not to discriminate on the basis of preexisting conditions or arbitrarily jack up premiums.
Yes, in that health insurance will be guaranteed issue, which means you can purchase health insurance on the individual market without the worry of preexisting conditions.
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It is one of only two workable solutions to providing health care coverage to those with pre-existing medical conditions and the only one that would leave insurance coverage in the hands of the private market.
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The five million or so working Americans who do not have insurance or qualify for an already-existing government program should have been targeted with legislation that just focused on removing barriers to insurance created by pre-existing conditions or by the price of coverage.
If upheld, the law would forbid insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing medical conditions.
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Insurance plans must accept all customers regardless of pre-existing conditions.
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We fought to stop health insurance companies from dropping your coverage on the basis of preexisting conditions, or right when you get sick, or placing lifetime limits on the amount of care that you can receive.
And what about people who want to buy health insurance but are blocked from doing so because of pre-existing conditions.
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Starting this year as a result of health reform, children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied health insurance coverage.
Obamacare does make insurance cheaper for the small number of Americans who have pre-existing conditions and have been denied coverage by insurers.
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The modified proposal would include insurance reforms, such as preventing insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, one of the sources said.
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Insurance markets will not function for these risks as they violate three key conditions of insurability: independent and identical losses, feasible premiums, and determinability of losses.
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