claim: said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.
author: barack obama
evidence_1: sep 7, 2012 ... "barack as a young man had to sit at the end of his mother's hospital bed and  watch her fight with her insurance company at the very same time she was ...  though he often suggested that she was denied health coverage because of a  pre-existing condition, it appears from her correspondence that she was ...
evidence_2: mar 19, 2012 ... during the 2008 campaign, obama frequently suggested his mother had to fight  with her health-insurance company for treatment of her cancer because it  considered her disease to be a pre-existing condition. in one of the presidential  debates with gop rival john mccain, obama said: “for my mother to die ...
evidence_3: may 5, 2017 ... the new health care bill that passed the house has many people very worried --  particularly those with pre-existing conditions. ... but must still be voted on by the  senate -- will allow insurance companies to raise prices for those with pre- existing conditions and to not guarantee that treatments are covered.
evidence_4: jul 13, 2011 ... the book concludes that although mr. obama often suggested that ms. dunham “ was denied health coverage because of a pre-existing condition, ... barack  obama has often told the story of his mother's deathbed dispute with her  insurance company and left the clear impression that the fight was over ...
evidence_5: sep 27, 2013 ... even on the state plan, his mother said, the children lacked regular dental care  and she had great difficulty finding a dentist. ... americans with pre-existing  medical conditions often face problems in getting and retaining good health  insurance coverage, an issue dealt with directly by aca in its "guaranteed ...