claim: the gop health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition."
author: debbie wasserman schultz
evidence_1: in the context of healthcare in the united states, a pre-existing condition is a  medical condition that started before a person's health benefits went into effect.  before 2014 some insurance policies would not cover expenses due to pre- existing conditions. these exclusions by the insurance industry were meant to  cope with ...
evidence_2: feb 25, 2017 ... as republicans try to unite around a replacement for the affordable care act,  one of the most popular parts of the law will be among the most difficult to replace : the guarantee of health coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. the  challenge of providing insurance for americans who have no other ...
evidence_3: oct 11, 2009 ... nwlc has found that women continue to face unfair and discriminatory practices  when obtaining health ... are charged more for coverage simply because they are  women, and individual market health plans ... health insurance system, being a  woman amounts to being treated like a “pre-existing condition.
evidence_4: mar 30, 2010 ... being female is essentially a pre-existing condition that inflates a woman's health  care costs, explains denise grady in today's science times. ... states for  companies selling individual health policies — for people who do not have group  coverage through employers — to engage in “gender rating,” that is, ...
evidence_5: oct 31, 2011 ... reuters reports a growing number of companies are raising health care costs for  so-called unhealthy employees. ... absolutely they should pay more, but if people  don't like that idea because they think that it may discriminate the smokers and fat  people then how about us skinny and non smokers get a ...