What You Need to Know About Pre-Existing Conditions Under Trumpcare

A Consumer Health Policy article from LifeHacker

26 May 2017
Author: Retrieved By Health eConsultation
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The current edition of Trumpcare is pretty awful for people with pre-existing conditions, the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis (the “CBO score”) confirmed this week. But do you know if you have a pre-existing condition? Does sexual assault count as one? Let’s take a look.

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A link to the original article on LifeHackerThis matters because the new health care bill would allow insurers to charge you more because of your health status. Before the ACA, it could be difficult to impossible to buy your own insurance if you had anything but a clean bill of health. Under Trumpcare, it wouldn’t be quite as bad: you only have to worry about pre-existing conditions if you had a gap of two months without insurance and you live in a state that has been granted a waiver allowing it not to comply with the law.

Categories: Health IT Policy, Consumer Health Policy

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