Health Insurance and Pre-Existing Conditions
Witnesses testified on state-level efforts to deal with a component of the health care law, high-risk health insurance pools designed to pro… read more
Witnesses testified on state-level efforts to deal with a component of the health care law, high-risk health insurance pools designed to protect people with pre-existing medical conditions. The program was temporary until January 2014, when the next phase of the law went into effect, but Republicans were concerned that the program had run out of funds in 2013 and suspended new enrollments. close
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