Definition of preexisting
: existing at an earlier time
- a preexisting medical condition
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The Justice Department is partly supporting the suit, specifically the portion opposing required coverage for those with preexisting conditions.
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The Trump administration signed on to a long-shot lawsuit this week that would overturn the parts of the law that require insurers to cover preexisting conditions and not charge more for them.
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Politically speaking, the protections for those with preexisting conditions or medical histories consistently have ranked among the most popular provisions of Obamacare, crossing partisan lines.
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The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed to make available short-term health plans that don’t cover preexisting conditions, in yet another effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
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The bill would leave many uninsured, including those with preexisting conditions.
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The television star's use of his show to discuss his son's preexisting condition — coverage of which is guaranteed under Obamacare — has made Kimmell one of the more prominent voices in the health policy debate.
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Preexisting Conditions Health care sharing ministries aren’t required to cover preexisting conditions.
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The Cruz Amendment is designed to lower premiums for younger and healthier people, at the risk of much higher premiums for those with preexisting health conditions.
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First Known Use of preexisting
1599
PREEXISTING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of preexisting for English Language Learners
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: existing at an earlier time : existing before something else
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of preexisting
: existing or present earlier or before a certain point of time
- In 1990, over 60 percent of group health insurance plans contained exclusions of coverage for preexisting conditions, signifying the denial of benefits for any illness present at the time the insurance is obtained.
- —Thomas Bodenheimer, in The New England Journal of Medicine, 23 June 1992
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