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Tammy Baldwin: “Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover someone…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 59:39

And then they got in the car and drove off in the horizon and left me standing there. Well, four years later, I graduated from Morehouse College. I was able to finish because I had grit. I had … Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover someone because they have a preexisting health condition [due to the Affordable Care Act]. … I had some low interest student loans. (59:39–59:47)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act prevents insurance companies from denying coverage for preexisting conditions.

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