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Eliot Engel: “Den denying children with pre-existing conditions health insurance policies, canceling coverage for people once they…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2013
Den denying children with pre-existing conditions health insurance policies, canceling coverage for people once they became ill, applying lifetime limits to care, these practices were commonplace in the individual insurance marketplace before we passed the law.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel highlights the negative practices of private health insurance before the Affordable Care Act.

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