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Mark Pocan: “Before the Affordable Care act, they could have denied care…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 41 Answering your Questions

Published | Video Starts at 13:37

… health plans are kind of interesting because you have many people maybe that are in the, in the plan, but maybe there's a couple that are especially sick. Don't forget, Before the Affordable Care act, they could have denied care based on [pre-existing conditions]. that. Now they can't because the Affordable Care act, people forget that that was one of the important provisions that was in the law. But that was the whole idea. (13:37–13:42)

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Asserts that denial of care based on pre-existing conditions was possible before the ACA.

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