Patient Daily May 8, 2019
This week, the House of Representatives will vote on Rep. Ann Kuster’s (D-N.H.) Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act (HR 986).
According to the authors of its companion bill in the Senate, the legislation will “prevent the Trump Administration from promoting ‘junk’ health care plans that lack protections for people with pre-existing conditions and would increase costs for millions of Americans.” With roughly 80-percent of Americans expressing support for the coverage of pre-existing conditions, this brief summary of the legislation may seem uncontroversial enough; however, the truth of the matter is that it will limit quality and access of care for some of the most vulnerable of Americans.
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