The new health care bill, the American Health Care Act, could weaken protections for those with pre-existing conditions (aka a “health problem you had before the date that new health coverage starts”) That’s an estimated 52 million adults under 65. But the term “pre-existing condition” is, itself, vague – and every insurance company has its own lists of “declinable” or “uninsurable.” Here are the health issues they considered ‘pre-existing conditions’ prior to Obamacare. (This list is not comprehensive.)

  • Acne
  • Acromegaly
  • AIDS or ARC
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Anemia (Aplastic, Cooley’s, Hemolytic, Mediterranean or Sickle Cell)
  • Anxiety
  • Aortic or Mitral Valve Stenosis
  • Arteriosclerosis
  • Arteritis
  • Asbestosis
  • Asthma
  • Bipolar disease
  • Cancer
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Cerebral Palsy (infantile)
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Cirrhosis of the Liver
  • Coagulation Defects
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Demyelinating Disease
  • Depression
  • Dermatomyositis
  • Diabetes
  • Dialysis
  • Esophageal Varicosities
  • Friedreich’s Ataxia
  • Hepatitis (Type B, C or Chronic)
  • Menstrual irregularities
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Obesity
  • Organ transplants
  • Paraplegia
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Polycythemia Vera
  • Pregnancy
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Renal Failure
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Scleroderma
  • Sex reassignment
  • Sjogren’s Syndrome
  • Sleep apnea
  • Transsexualism
  • Tuberculosis