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Re:Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Rises Toward $... by pjdemers on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @10:37PM (#15290348)
>> There are a few people who cannot get insurance individually thanks to pre-existing conditions

It's allot more than a few. Insurance companies consider a single night in a hospital a pre-existing condition.

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Re:Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Rises Toward $... by ams6110 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @11:15PM (#15290511)
Not all of them. I had individual coverage from Anthem for a while, before Obamacare, and it was all fine, and yes we had some routine medical issues in our history.

What insurance companies want to avoid is people who go without insurance until they are sick, and then want everything covered. As long as you don't have gaps in coverage, pre-existing conditions are not a huge showstopper at least in my individual experience.

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