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Thursday, March 25, 2010

No child left behind?

President Obama signs the health care reform bill on Tuesday. Photo: Pete Marovich, ZUMApress.com


In the recently passed law now popularly called Obamacare one very important group was left out of all together. It's hard to imagine that in such a much ballyhooed 2,000 + page bill something as fundamental as coverage for children with pre-existing medical conditions was overlooked. What else could the framers of this voluminous transcendental legislation have forgotten to include in it?

No child left behind? No, instead the whole category, children were just forgotten in the mad rush "to pass something".
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Here are some articles where this blunder is discussed in detail:


Shocker: AHIP Already Finding Loopholes in Health Insurance Reform
Daily Kos (blog) - ‎57 minutes ago‎
"The law is clear: Insurance plans that cover children cannot deny coverage to a child because he or she has a pre-existing condition," Health and Human ...
ObamaCare: Why Kids May Not Be Covered Until 2014 Forbes (blog)
10 Ways The New Healthcare Bill May Affect You San Francisco Chronicle
Coverage For Sick Kids Under Question In New Law Kaiser Health News
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Health care reform bill 101: rules for preexisting conditions
Christian Science Monitor - Peter Grier - ‎Mar 24, 2010‎
23, by our calculation), insurers will no longer be able to exclude children with preexisting conditions from being covered by their family policy. ...
Video: Senate GOP Sends Health Bill Back to House The Associated Press
Gap in health care law's protection for children The Associated Press
Congressman's view: Health-care reform is pro-life Pine Journal
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Panel on New Health Care Reform Law; US Relations With Israel
FOXNews - ‎4 hours ago‎
Starting this year, insurance companies will be banned forever from denying coverage to children with preexisting conditions. ROBERT GIBBS, WHITE HOUSE ...

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Chat transcript: We get deep into the bill in this one
Washington Post (blog) - Boris Markovich - ‎6 hours ago‎
Many of my patients are asking me about the future of "pre-existing conditions" and denial of coverage to children and adults due to various illnesses. ...
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Health Care Reform: Socialist or Misunderstood?
MyFox Illinois (blog) - Ryan Blesse - ‎3 hours ago‎
The bill will eliminate the denial of coverage for those with preexisting conditions and place them instead in what is known as “high risk pools” – except ...
Change to believe in or focus for hate-mongering? The Hill (blog)
The day after the passage of reform The Carrboro Citizen
Health care reform is here Lexology (registration)
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Oops: O-Care forgets to cover young adults, children with preexisting conditions
Hot Air (blog) - ‎Mar 24, 2010‎
Exit question courtesy of Tom Maguire: How did both Democratic and Republican researchers miss the loophole about preexisting conditions for kids? ...
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Not So Fast, Kid
Heritage.org (blog) - ‎Mar 24, 2010‎
This year … parents who are worried about getting coverage for their children with pre-existing conditions now are assured that insurance companies have to ...
Kids With Medical Conditions Can Still Be Denied Insurance Portfolio.com (blog)
Health reform currently leaves kids' coverage incomplete FierceHealthcare
Whoops! ObamaCare doesn't cover pre-existing conditions after all, until 2014 San Francisco Examiner (blog)
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Health Care Bill Summary and Timeline of Changes 2010-2018
Associated Content - ‎8 hours ago‎
2010: Children with pre-existing conditions can not be denied health coverage. 2010: Adults who were previously denied insurance due to pre-existing ...

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Timeline: When health care reform will affect you
CNN (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
Insurers will be barred from imposing exclusions on children with pre-existing conditions. Pools will cover those with pre-existing health conditions until ...

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Health care for people with pre-existing conditions
Today's THV - ‎Mar 22, 2010‎
Immediately after the bill is signed, insurance companies will have to cover children with pre-existing conditions, but they can continue to deny adults ...
Pre-existing conditions Patriot-News
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