Commentary: Texas Suit Is One Among Many Attempts to Undo Pre-Existing Condition Protections
End Notes
[1] Peter Sullivan, “McCaskill presses Trump official on lawsuit against pre-existing condition protections,” The Hill, August 21, 2018, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccaskill-presses-trump-official-on-lawsuit-against-pre-existing-condition-protections/ar-BBMewjC.
[2] Office of the Attorney General, Letter to Speaker Ryan, June 7, 2018, https://www.justice.gov/file/1069806/download.
[3] Sarah Lueck, “With Federal Rules Weakened, States Should Act to Protect Against Short-Term Health Plans,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 1, 2018, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/with-federal-rules-weakened-states-should-act-to-protect-against-short-term-health-plans.
[4] Sen. Thom Tillis, “Senators Introduce Legislation To Protect Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions,” August 24, 2018, https://www.tillis.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=051BEDEA-D4ED-485E-9098-F3FDFDF645E0.
[5] Gary Claxton et al., “Pre-existing Conditions and Medical Underwriting in the Individual Insurance Market Prior to the ACA,” Kaiser Family Foundation, December 12, 2016, https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/pre-existing-conditions-and-medical-underwriting-in-the-individual-insurance-market-prior-to-the-aca/.
[6] Claxton, op cit.
[7] Aviva Aron-Dine, “Cassidy-Graham’s Waiver Authority Would Gut Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 15, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/cassidy-grahams-waiver-authority-would-gut-protections-for-people-with-pre-existing-conditions.
[8] H.R. 1628, https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/LYN17752.pdf.
[9] Sam Berger and Emily Gee, “Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill Would Cause Huge Premium Increases for People with Pre-Existing Conditions,” Center for American Progress, September 18, 2017, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2017/09/18/439091/graham-cassidy-aca-repeal-bill-cause-huge-premium-increases-people-pre-existing-conditions/.
[10] Congressional Budget Office, “Preliminary Analysis of Legislation That Would Replace Subsidies for Health Care With Block Grants,” September 2017, https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/costestimate/53126-health.pdf.
[11] The joint statement is available at https://www.ahip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Joint-statement-AMA-AAFP-AHA-FAH-AHIP-BCBSA-9.23.17.pdf
[12] Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim, “Senate girds for final Obamacare repeal vote,” Politico, September 20, 2017, https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/20/obamacare-repeal-senate-vote-graham-cassidy-242937.
[13] Jacob Leibenluft, “MacArthur Amendment Would Mean Return to Pre-ACA Law for People with Pre-Existing Conditions,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 27, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/macarthur-amendment-would-mean-return-to-pre-aca-law-for-people-with-pre-existing-conditions.
[14] Congressional Budget Office, “H.R. 1628: American Health Care Act of 2017,” May 24, 2017, https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/costestimate/hr1628aspassed.pdf.
[15] Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Senate Health Bill No Better Than House Version,” June 29, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/senate-health-bill-no-better-than-house-version.
[16] CBO, “H.R. 1628: Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017,” https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/costestimate/52849-hr1628senate.pdf.
[17] Sarah Lueck, “Cruz Amendment Would Worsen Already Harmful Senate Health Bill for People with Medical Conditions,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 12, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/cruz-amendment-would-worsen-already-harmful-senate-health-bill-for-people-with.
[18] Sarah Lueck, “3 Factors That Will Determine the Damage From Association Health Plans,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, July 27, 2018, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/3-factors-that-will-determine-the-damage-from-association-health-plans.
[19] Jessie Hellmann, “McConnell: ‘Everybody’ in the Senate supports protections for preexisting conditions,” The Hill, June 12, 2018, http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/391921-mcconnell-everybody-in-the-senate-supports-preexisting-conditions.
[20] Tom Howell Jr., “HHS chief: Refusal to defend Obamacare is a ‘legal’ position,” Washington Times, June 12, 2018, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/12/hhs-chief-refusal-defend-obamacare-legal-position/.