And all of that in my background, watching my mother struggle to get the healthcare she needed, watching my grandparents worry that having an uninsured grandchild, what would happen if I were seriously ill or injured? And they tried to get me coverage. But Back then, the insurance companies could say no, and they did. If you had a pre existing condition. All of that gave me the fire in the belly to want to get into public life, to want to fix a broken healthcare system. (03:28–03:34)
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Asserts that insurance companies could deny coverage for pre-existing conditions in the past.
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