Tag Archives: preexisting conditions

What’s Romney’s Plan for Preexisting Conditions?

Posted on October 11, 2012

The Obama campaign has repeatedly said that Mitt Romney was wrong when he claimed at the first debate that “preexisting conditions are covered under my [health care] plan.” We mostly agree. Romney’s comments implied that he would keep the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that guarantee coverage for all, …
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Kids and Preexisting Conditions

Posted on May 31, 2012

An Obama campaign video wrongly implies that 17 million kids with preexisting conditions were being denied health insurance before the federal law was passed. Read more about the Obama administration’s claim in our March 21 article, “Obama ‘Road’ Film Takes Some Detours.”

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Millions with Preexisting Conditions

Posted on February 4, 2011

Q: Is it true — as the Obama administration claims — that "129 million Americans with a pre-existing condition could be denied coverage without new health reform law"? A: No. The number who would be truly at risk of losing health insurance or paying more money is much smaller.

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More Malarkey About Health Care

Posted on April 19, 2010

We’ve seldom seen a piece of legislation so widely misrepresented, and misunderstood, as the new health care law. We stopped counting the number of articles and items we turned out on the subject after the total reached 100. Some of that is understandable. The debate went on for more than …
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