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Political Factoid
Aetna Inc, Humana Inc, UnitedHealth
Group Inc, and WellPoint Inc have
become proficient at denying
coverage for pre-existing conditions -
they increased denials 49 percent
in the last three years. [2007-2009]
New health care rules regarding
pre-existing conditions applies
only to children so far.
(Many companies have stopped issuing
any new children-only policies.)
Many for-profit companies in the health
insurance industry plan to completely
stop selling individual policies by 2014
(when the pre-existing conditions apply to adults).
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