They could not find me health insurance at any cost. The Senator from Wisconsin is recognized. The issue led to one of the moments the Senator is most proud of while serving in Congress. When I got to Congress, I got to sit on a committee that was writing the Affordable Care Act. And we told those insurance companies, you cannot discriminate anymore because somebody has a preexisting health condition. We said you must cover people, right? Yeah. And that changed lives for people with cancer, people with diabetes, people with asthma, and the list goes on. (01:51–02:04)
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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act prohibits insurance companies from discriminating against people with preexisting conditions.
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