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Quickly put together a fresh plan that includes the much-vaunted 80% of reforms that both sides say they agree on (pre-existing conditions, portability, lifetime caps, cross-state purchasing, etc.) and that throws in a few bones for Republicans (like the medical malpractice fixes proposed).
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported in January that as of November 11, 2011 there were 44, 852 people enrolled in state-level Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIPs) created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), up from 8, 011 a year earlier.
FORBES: Low enrollment but high costs for Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans
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We can end the era of defensive medicine with real malpractice reforms, and use the savings to fund state programs that provide insurance for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
WSJ: ObamaCare: Repeal, Replace or What?
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As a result, it would fall to government, either federal or state, to create insurance pools to cover those with pre-existing conditions.
FORBES: Va. Federal Judge Rules Health Insurance Mandates Unconstitutional
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Clearly, there is a wide spread in these GAO numbers as the determination is dependent upon how a pre-existing condition is defined something that varies from insurance company to insurance company and state to state.
FORBES: Mitt Romney's Plan For Pre-Existing Medical Conditions-Good For The Rich, Useless for Middle Class