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Preexisting Condition

In insurance, a medical condition that existed before one applied for and/or received a health insurance policy. Most private health insurance companies refuse to cover preexisting conditions, at least for a certain period of time. Depending on the severity of the preexisting condition, a provider may refuse to provide health insurance at all. However, employer-provided health insurance must cover preexisting conditions if an employee switches insurance plans as the result of a job change.

Preexisting condition. A preexisting condition is a health problem that you already have when you apply for insurance.

If you have a preexisting condition, an insurer can refuse to cover treatment connected to that problem for a period of time. That period is often the first six months, but may be for the entire term of your policy.

Insurers can also deny you coverage entirely because of a preexisting condition. And they can end a policy if they discover a preexisting condition that you did not report, provided you knew it existed when you applied for your policy.

However, if you're insured through your employer's plan and switch to a job that also provides health insurance, the new plan must cover you regardless of a preexisting condition.

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Portable Benefits
Qualified Impairment Insurance
Underwriting Factors: Health Insurance

Preexisting condition Like so many before him, he came West to Nevada for the dry weather his doctor said would do him good.

Their stories heard on the Hill by Lisa Mascaro / Las Vegas Sun

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the industry's lobbying group, struck a deal with the Administration earlier this year to end the practice of denying coverage or charging more for preexisting conditions in return for an individual mandate.

TWISTING THE ARMS OF THE UNINSURED by Catherine Arnst / BusinessWeek

I have been rejected for individual health insurance because of a preexisting condition.

Federal fix needed for small business health insurance by Maimes, Steven / New Hampshire Business Review

Precious Metals/Gold Fund