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[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 10 months ago

It was even worse before the ACA. Before then, insurance could kick you off your plan for no reason and refuse to cover new users for pre-existing conditions.

In practice, the way this worked was quite simple: You got cancer, your insurance canceled your plan, and then they would refuse to give you a new plan because you had a pre-existing condition - cancer.