And when my dad was incarcerated, my mom was trying to make ends meet. And we never had health insurance because Insurance companies could deny you coverage based on a pre-existing condition. So when he passed away as a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh, we had to take out loans to pay for the funeral. And the bills kept coming. (02:22–02:29)
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Asserts that insurance companies could deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions before the Affordable Care Act.
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