At this very moment, it is illegal for insurance companies to deny you or your loved ones health coverage is you have a pre-existing condition. They can’t, it is a popular part of the ACA, or ObamaCare. The Republicans have voted 72 times to remove protections for patients with chronic health conditions. The Republican Party will allow insurers to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. Apparently some candidates are blatantly lying in adds to make you think that they won’t. But they will. They will do it quickly and quietly as they pocket donations from the insurance companies.
Conditions which include diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, childhood cancer, and pregnancy. If Republicans succeed, if you fit in these categories, the insurers can either outright deny you or increase your price beyond what you could pay.
This is not a hypothetical situation - this is how it worked before the ACA was passed. This is why we had so many medical bankruptcies. This why people were stuck in jobs they hated to maintain health coverage - preventing people from find the jobs they love or taking a risk on the next big idea and starting their own business. Now, bankruptcy filings have been cut by 50%, thanks to Obamacare and the Obama Economy.
But hey, if you are okay with a child cancer survivor being denied the coverage they need later in life, then vote Republican. If you think that health care is a right, described in our Declaration of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, then vote Democrat. The choice is not that hard.
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