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Obama said this "Over half of all Americans have pre-existing conditions" and it is the mantra of people accusing Trump of doing away with "Pre-existing conditions coverage".
So in reality how many people signed up for Obama's "Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan"???
19,569 people enrolled in Obama's "Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan"???
State by State Enrollment in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan
So what was the purpose of that statement? When in reality this is the number of people covered by their health insurance for "Pre-existing Conditions"...
Q1) Assume 330 million or half which would be 165 million with "pre-existing conditions".
How many of these have health insurance that covers "pre-existing"?
A) According to recent data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), about 156,199,800 Americans, or around 49 percent of the country’s total
population, receive employer-sponsored health insurance (also called group health insurance).
https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/re...cans-get-health-insurance-from-their-employer
Almost all of these Americans with employer health insurance have their "pre-existing conditions covered by their employer's health insurance!
B) According to Medicare a total 62,745,770 Americans are enrolled or about 18%
MA Plan Directory | CMS Almost all of these Americans with Medicare have their "pre-existing conditions covered by Medicare!
C) According to Medicaid 17.9% of all Americans or a total 59,070,000 Americans are enrolled in Medicaid.
Topic: Medicaid Almost all of these Americans with Medicaid have their "pre-existing conditions covered by Medicaid!
D) The military/VA 12,000,000 personnel receiving coverage for "pre-existing conditions"..
Health insurance coverage in the United States - Wikipedia
E) Finally the Private health insurance number covered is 84,000,000 most of which have Pre-existing conditions "COVERED"!
Health insurance coverage in the United States - Wikipedia
Total: 374,015,570 Obviously some of these Americans have more than one type of coverage.
SO again folks... Where are the 165 million Americans with Pre-existing conditions that DON"T have their "pre-existing conditions" COVERED?
So in reality how many people signed up for Obama's "Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan"???
19,569 people enrolled in Obama's "Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan"???
State by State Enrollment in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan
State by State Enrollment in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan | CMS
The Affordable Care Act created the new Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) program to make health insurance available to Americans denied coverage by private insurance companies because of a pre-existing condition. Coverage for people living with such conditions as diabetes, asthma...
www.cms.gov
Q1) Assume 330 million or half which would be 165 million with "pre-existing conditions".
How many of these have health insurance that covers "pre-existing"?
A) According to recent data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), about 156,199,800 Americans, or around 49 percent of the country’s total
population, receive employer-sponsored health insurance (also called group health insurance).
https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/re...cans-get-health-insurance-from-their-employer
Almost all of these Americans with employer health insurance have their "pre-existing conditions covered by their employer's health insurance!
B) According to Medicare a total 62,745,770 Americans are enrolled or about 18%
MA Plan Directory | CMS Almost all of these Americans with Medicare have their "pre-existing conditions covered by Medicare!
C) According to Medicaid 17.9% of all Americans or a total 59,070,000 Americans are enrolled in Medicaid.
Topic: Medicaid Almost all of these Americans with Medicaid have their "pre-existing conditions covered by Medicaid!
D) The military/VA 12,000,000 personnel receiving coverage for "pre-existing conditions"..
Health insurance coverage in the United States - Wikipedia
E) Finally the Private health insurance number covered is 84,000,000 most of which have Pre-existing conditions "COVERED"!
Health insurance coverage in the United States - Wikipedia
Total: 374,015,570 Obviously some of these Americans have more than one type of coverage.
SO again folks... Where are the 165 million Americans with Pre-existing conditions that DON"T have their "pre-existing conditions" COVERED?