claim: "when the affordable care act was signed, 17 million american children" had a pre-existing condition and were "uninsurable."
author: tammy baldwin
evidence_1: under the affordable care act, starting in 2014, these americans cannot be  denied ... the last congress passed and the president signed into law a new set  of ... the individual insurance market were turned down, were charged more, or  had a ... 4 to 17 million children under age 18 with some type of pre-existing  condition.
evidence_2: apr 5, 2017 ... even if the new plan preserved the aca's rules on guaranteed ... people with  histories of serious conditions, such as cancer or heart attacks, were ...  approximately 130 million nonelderly people have pre-existing conditions  nationwide, and, ... but even millions of younger people, including 1 in 4 children,  ...
evidence_3: aug 29, 2018 ... impact of removing aca's preexisting condition protections ... should this  argument prevail, an estimated 17 million people could become uninsured. in  june, the u.s. department of justice weighed in, agreeing with ... were primarily  determined at the state level, and most states had very limited protections.
evidence_4: feb 16, 2017 ... in depth look at how high risk pools for healthcare were ramped up from ...  coverage of uninsurable pre-existing conditions: state and ... for millions of  americans with a pre-existing medical condition, .... maine, no, 8/1/2010, 66, $17  .... to"ensure that children have more affordable access to coverage," ...
evidence_5: feb 22, 2017 ... this bill would authorize $50 million for seed grants to help states establish ...  more recent aca replacement proposals would modify aca market rules ... pre- existing condition exclusions to certain individuals who had lost group ...  although no two traditional state-high risk pools were identical, .... about us.