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Tammy Baldwin: “Insurance companies could no longer discriminate against…”

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 46 with Senator Tammy Baldwin

Published | Video Starts at 14:47

… in the CEU now hold, and I was on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and we were writing the Affordable Care Act. And in that act, we made sure that Insurance companies could no longer discriminate against somebody because they were sick [due to the Affordable Care Act]. or, or, you know, we're currently battling something, and we did so many other important things. We created and we put an end to annual limits of payout and, and lifetime limits. (14:47–14:53)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act prevents insurance companies from discriminating against sick individuals.

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