American Hospital Association October 7, 2019
An estimated 27% of adults under age 65, or 53.8 million, had a preexisting health condition in 2018, according to a study released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. State estimates range from 22% in Colorado to 37% in West Virginia, based on 2018 data from the National Health Interview Survey, the authors said.
In a lawsuit brought by 20 Republican-led states, U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor last year struck down the entire Affordable Care Act based on Congress’s repeal of the tax penalty enforcing the law’s individual mandate. “The impending decision...