preexisting

Once youre sick, which we call a preexisting condition in Washington, getting insured in the individual market is at best difficult and at times impossible.

40 More Years James Carville with Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2009

Once youre sick, which we call a preexisting condition in Washington, getting insured in the individual market is at best difficult and at times impossible.

40 More Years James Carville with Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2009

Our health care system today denies or discriminates in coverage against 81 million Americans who are part of families with what we call preexisting conditions, including Americans with disabilities.

Presidents Gallaudet University Commencement Address ITY National Archives 1994

They pick and choose whom they cover; they charge more if your business is too small; they might not cover you at all or a member of your family or one of your employees if you have what they call a preexisting condition.

Presidents Radio Address To The Nation ITY National Archives 1994

FOREMAN: A broken wrist they called a preexisting condition?

CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009 2009

In a decentralized state such as Tudor England, governance traditionally devolved to regional landowners. 20 One method of establishing authority of a monarch's viceregal representatives was to embed crown representatives in preexisting ties of loyalty, patronage, clientage, and overlordship by granting them estates in the regions they were administer on behalf of the crown. 21 The crown would rely on local magnates to carry out crown policy by acting as judges, calling musters, and networking with local gentry and urban officials.

From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

That would mean no more denying coverage to people like women we heard from today because of so-called preexisting conditions like having survived cancer.

Michelle Obama And Jill Biden Speak Out, Wear Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness (PHOTOS) 2010

That would mean no more denying coverage to people like women we heard from today because of so-called preexisting conditions like having survived cancer.

Michelle Obama And Jill Biden Speak Out, Wear Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

Pregnancy's not called a preexisting condition, and that women don't get dropped when they need the care that they've been paying for.

CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2009 2009

He said -- and this is a quote -- "In the United States, if a woman's pregnant and on the individual market and she tries to get health insurance, that's called a preexisting condition, and it's not paid for."

CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2009 2009