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Don't Deny Insurance Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions

Target: Presidential Candidates
Sponsored by: Families USA

Currently many health insurance companies operate in a wild wild west of little or no rules or regulation - unfettered to cherry pick the healthiest and to deny coverage to those who need it the most.

How do insurance companies do this? They look for "pre-existing conditions" - then they can legally deny someone coverage because they have an imperfect bill of health. Insurers might also charge these individuals much higher premiums for their coverage.

Health insurance shouldn't be reserved only for the healthiest among us.

Make sure John McCain and Barack Obama get this message, and tell them they must include everyone in their plans for quality, affordable health care!

deadline: 7-28-2009
goal: 20,000

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Dear Senator McCain and Senator Obama,

Nearly 50 million Americans have no health insurance at all, while the middle class is getting squeezed by skyrocketing health care costs.

Meanwhile, insurance companies will only cover the healthiest among us, denying people with pre-existing conditions the coverage they need.

[Your comment here]

I urge you to lead the charge for quality, affordable health care for all Americans, including those with pre-existing conditions.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “Don't Deny Insurance Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions” petition!

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2:56 am PDT, Jul 28, Name not displayed, Texas

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2:46 am PDT, Jul 28, Joyce Searcy, Texas

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7:41 pm PDT, Jul 20, Name not displayed, Florida

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10:42 pm PDT, Jul 14, Name not displayed, Texas
I urge you to lead the charge for quality, affordable health care for all Americans, including those with pre-existing conditions. Sincerely, Cheryl Lynch

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7:06 am PDT, Jul 12, Mary Durkin, New Jersey

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1:44 pm PDT, Jul 10, Julie Stradel-Graf, Minnesota

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5:10 pm PDT, Jul 9, Pearl Gilman, Washington

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8:35 pm PDT, Jul 8, Maryann Staron, Illinois

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4:08 pm PDT, Jul 8, Rosario Pascasio, California

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8:36 am PDT, Jul 8, Name not displayed, Florida

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1:07 pm PDT, Jul 7, Carol Short, New Jersey

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4:15 pm PDT, Jul 5, Norm Conrad, Washington

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8:18 am PDT, Jul 5, Barbara Hines, South Carolina

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5:10 am PDT, Jun 29, Steven Heaver, New Jersey
I am 27 and have a pacemaker from a complication from surgery to correct WPW, which I was born with. Why should I be punished financially for the rest of my life for something I had no control over?

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2:09 am PDT, Jun 29, Kathleen Hilliker, Arizona
I just don't get how insrance companies can hold it against someone who has no control over their health conditions!! This subject grinds on my nerves every time I see it. It's unfair, it's discriminatory, and it's inhumane! Andddddd....it's time we force insurance companies to allow ALL people the right to be insured!

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11:04 am PDT, Jun 24, Elise Behnke, California

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8:51 pm PDT, Jun 22, Larry Troiano, Rhode Island

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6:46 pm PDT, Jun 22, Sarah Baker, Illinois

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6:33 am PDT, Jun 22, Kathleen Cole, Ohio

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11:07 pm PDT, Jun 21, Name not displayed, Arizona

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12:33 pm PDT, Jun 21, Denise Humphrey, Nevada

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9:33 pm PDT, Jun 20, Ann Stickel, New York

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3:49 pm PDT, Jun 20, Ana Silva, Illinois

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1:54 pm PDT, Jun 19, Joseph Sullivan, Montana

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9:59 am PDT, Jun 18, Denise Dunlap, Virginia

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8:39 am PDT, Jun 17, Stormoak Lonewind, Massachusetts

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8:48 pm PDT, Jun 15, Meg Fullam, Georgia

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8:44 pm PDT, Jun 15, Nick Hardy, Florida

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6:07 pm PDT, Jun 15, Susan Goldman, New York

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11:21 am PDT, Jun 15, Stacey Kennedy, Texas

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9:21 pm PDT, Jun 14, Andrea Schnitzler, Rhode Island

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9:00 pm PDT, Jun 14, Keith Wilkinson, Colorado

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9:13 pm PDT, Jun 13, Lanitha Hardy, Florida

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9:12 pm PDT, Jun 13, Nick Hardy, Florida

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8:33 pm PDT, Jun 13, Dave Schnitzler, Rhode Island

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3:00 pm PDT, Jun 13, Victoria Lepore, New York

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2:12 pm PDT, Jun 13, Howard Christoffers, Nevada

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1:02 pm PDT, Jun 13, Name not displayed, California

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3:31 pm PDT, Jun 12, Karen Allmond, Maryland

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1:59 pm PDT, Jun 12, David Tsosie, Arizona

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10:39 am PDT, Jun 12, Billie Young, Texas

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