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Being pregnant was a pre-existing condition before ACA, forcing people to carry COBRA for the length of the pregnancy and some more time to allow for complicati
by jleyank 5y ago
Being pregnant was a pre-existing condition before ACA, forcing people to carry COBRA for the length of the pregnancy and some more time to allow for complications. Or, you could not switch work until the child was 3-6months old.
- anamax 5y agoI'm having trouble seeing why encouraging women to maintain health insurance throughout pregnancy is a bad thing. Same with chronic problems.
- jleyank 5y agoMaintaining health insurance is fine. Maintaining the original one from the former employer is expensive. The ACA requires the new work-provided insurance to accept the pregnancy. Avoids carrying two insurances.
- anamax 5y agoThe "if you were covered, it's not a pre-existing condition" rule when switching providers was the law in various states, including CA, before ACA. Did those states see the predicted effects?