> insurance agencies wouldn't cover you if you came into their plan with an existing condition. Before ACA I went through a period of unemployment and had to b

> insurance agencies wouldn't cover you if you came into their plan with an existing condition. Before ACA I went through a period of unemployment and had to buy my own health coverage. I had been on Kaiser previously through my employer, so they had my health records. And they rejected me for a pre-existing condition -- eczema. Seriously. A decidedly non-fatal skin condition, in my case a minor annoyance, and they won't cover me at all.