“The Fair Care Act is an opportunity for lawmakers to keep their word on guaranteed protections for pre-existing conditions.”
"As someone who was branded as a child with the words, 'pre-existing condition,' I want to make sure that no parent, foster parent or grandparent has to choose between helping their child get better or going bankrupt," said
First reported in Vox, the Fair Care Act would prevent greater access to short-term, junk plans, safeguard current protections for those with pre-existing conditions and help prevent further premium increases and insurance market instability caused by the
"While lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have been on record objecting to any elimination of protections for patients with pre-existing conditions, the administration's proposal to extend short-term health insurance plans that are inadequate for someone diagnosed with a serious illness such as cancer would reintroduce discrimination based on health history," said
"The Administration's proposed changes to short-term limited duration plans will hurt Americans who have a pre-existing condition, including those with lung disease and lung cancer," said
"The Trump administration's cynical proposal twisting the definition of "short-term plans" seriously jeopardizes the ability of older Americans and people who have been sick to find affordable, quality health insurance. It also opens-up the door for insurance company tricks that just a few years ago left consumers with astronomical out of pocket costs and caused thousands of families to declare bankruptcy when they got sick," said
For the last year,
More information on the Fair Care Act is available here https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BAI18124%20_For%20Intro.pdf.
Read this original document at: https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/press-releases/fair-care-act
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