The law long supported people not being denied new group insurance because of pre-existing conditions as long as, within a limited time frame, they had previously been insured by group coverage — going between jobs, for example, or moving, or changing coverage plans from an employer.
Which is all just jolly, Mitt, but it leaves out people who are unemployed for months, or who are moving from group coverage to individual coverage because of employment changes (or the other way around). Anyone who exists outside the "normal" bounds of constantly-employed corporate America.
Given that insurance coverage is the gatekeeper to actually getting decent medical care, especially for the sort of problems that "pre-existing conditions" call into play, Romney's desire to return to the status quo ante fails as a way to make people feel good about his compassion on health care.
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Romney: Sorry, No Preexisting Conditions Guarantee Unless You’re Already Insured
In a Sunday interview, Mitt Romney spoke out for a popular provision in the Affordable Care Act that guarantees coverage for people with preexisting conditions. But his campaign later clarified that h…
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What about unborn and newborn babies? They frequently come with preexisting conditions and indeed, have sometimes been denied coverage for that reason…although in at least one case, the decision by the “insurance” company was reversed when the story became public knowledge.