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A comment on Obamacare’s Demise Is a Looming Disaster for Mental Health. Parent comment

Re:Obamacare’s Demise Is a Looming Disaster for Mental Health by attaboyjon on Monday January 16, 2017 @12:05PM (#13411205)
I think you may be wrong on the pre-existing conditions. My understanding is that previously someone like myself (Type 1 Diabetic) could not buy insurance on the individual market (I'm self-employed) because the insurance company selling me insurance is basically guaranteed to lose money.
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Re:Obamacare’s Demise Is a Looming Disaster for Mental Health by GiorgioG on Monday January 16, 2017 @12:43PM (#13411523)
The HIPAA act of 1997 says otherwise. As long as you had continuous coverage for a certain number of days they couldn't deny you based on a pre-existing condition.
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