Covid-19
Feb 11, 2021 06:15 PM By Lori Widmer Patients may find difficulty getting insurance after a Covid-19 pre-existing condition. Pixabay
A new administration, yet the same question remains: Will the ACA cover Covid as a pre-existing condition? The question has yet to be answered, even though the Supreme Court indicated in November that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional.
For the nation’s eight million-plus people who have contracted Covid-19 and are already considered to have a pre-existing condition due to the virus, losing that designation could lead to lost coverage, particularly for any long-term conditions the virus caused.
How many people stand to be upended by such a change is difficult to determine. A recent Commonwealth Fund study estimated that each day in this country, 20,000 people between 20 and 60 years old likely join this ever-expanding group.