⚠️ THREAD: According to the HHS Dept., appx. 130 MILLION non-elderly Americans have pre-existing conditions which would likely get them either denied coverage or charged so much for coverage they’d be effectively priced out of the market. 1/
Last year, @EmilyG_DC of @amprog broke these out by Congressional District: americanprogress.org/issues/healthc… 2/
I then took that data and recompiled it into individual states infographics: acasignups.net/17/05/14/cap-d… 3/
5/ ALABAMA: Appx. 2.0 million residents; I estimate ~123K were on the individual market as of last year. 
6/ ALASKA: Appx. 326,000 residents; I estimate ~12,000 were on the individual market as of last year.
ARIZONA: Appx. 2.7 million residents; I estimate ~178,000 were on the individual market as of last year.
ARKANSAS: Appx. 1.18 million residents; I estimate ~69,000 were on the individual market as of last year.
CALIFORNIA: Appx. 16.7 million residents w/pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~1.18 million of them were on the individual market last year.
COLORADO: Appx. 2.35 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~161,000 were on the individual market last year.
CONNECTICUT: Appx. 1.54 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~88,000 were on the individual market last year.
DELAWARE: Appx. 389,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~18,000 were on the individual market last year.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Appx. 291,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~12,000 were on the individual market last year.
FLORIDA: Appx. 7.8 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~991,000 were on the individual market last year.
GEORGIA: Appx. 4.3 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~310,000 were on the individual market last year.
HAWAII: Appx. 593,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~22,000 were on the individual market last year.
IDAHO: Appx. 673,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~67,000 were on the individual market last year.
ILLINOIS: Appx. 5.47 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~327,000 were on the individual market last year.
INDIANA: Appx. 2.75 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~117,000 were on the individual market last year.
IOWA: Appx. 1.29 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~91,000 were on the individual market last year.
KANSAS: Appx. 1.2 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~84,000 were on the individual market last year.
KENTUCKY: Appx. 1.8 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~66,000 were on the individual market last year.
LOUISIANA: Appx. 1.92 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~118,000 were on the individual market last year.
MAINE: Appx. 548,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~43,000 were on the individual market last year.
MARYLAND: Appx. 2.58 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~145,000 were on the individual market last year.
MASSACHUSETTS: Appx. 2.9 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~152,000 were on the individual market last year.
27/ MICHIGAN: Appx. 4.1 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~226,000 were on the individual market last year.
28/ MINNESOTA: Appx. 2.33 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~137,000 were on the individual market last year.
29/ MISSISSIPPI: Appx. 1.2 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~70,000 were on the individual market last year.
30/ MISSOURI: Appx. 2.5 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~185,000 were on the individual market last year.
31/ MONTANA: Appx. 425,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~37,000 were on the individual market last year.
32/ NEBRASKA: Appx. 783,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~71000 were on the individual market last year.
33/ NEVADA: Appx. 1.2 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~71,000 were on the individual market last year.
34/ NEW HAMPSHIRE: Appx. 572,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~33,000 were on the individual market last year.
35/ NEW JERSEY: Appx. 3.85 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~183,000 were on the individual market last year.
36/ NEW MEXICO: Appx. 843,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~38,000 were on the individual market last year.
37/ NEW YORK: Appx. 8.4 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~521,000 were on the individual market last year.
38/ NORTH CAROLINA: Appx. 3.93 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~342,000 were on the individual market last year.
39/ NORTH DAKOTA: Appx. 316,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~15,000 were on the individual market last year.
40/ OHIO: Appx. 4.83 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~200,000 were on the individual market last year.
41/ OKLAHOMA: Appx. 1.58 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~99,000 were on the individual market last year.
42/ OREGON: Appx. 1.68 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~85,000 were on the individual market last year.
43/ PENNSYLVANIA: Appx. 5.33 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~307,000 were on the individual market last year.
44/ RHODE ISLAND: Appx. 443,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~18,000 were on the individual market last year.
45/ SOUTH CAROLINA: Appx. 2.0 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~140,000 were on the individual market last year.
46/ SOUTH DAKOTA: Appx. 352,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~20,000 were on the individual market last year.
47/ TENNESSEE: Appx. 2.72 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~192,000 were on the individual market last year.
48/ TEXAS: Appx. 11.58 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~775,000 were on the individual market last year.
49/ UTAH: Appx. 1.22 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~124,000 were on the individual market last year.
50/ VERMONT: Appx. 263,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~22,000 were on the individual market last year.
51/ VIRGINIA: Appx. 3.44 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~260,000 were on the individual market last year.
52/ WASHINGTON: Appx. 3.03 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~158,000 were on the individual market last year.
53/ WEST VIRGINIA: Appx. 738,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~22,000 were on the individual market last year.
54/ WISCONSIN: Appx. 2.43 million residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~143,000 were on the individual market last year.
55/ WYOMING: Appx. 248,000 residents with pre-existing conditions; I estimate ~17,000 were on the individual market last year.
56/ IMPORTANT NOTE: These are all from over a year ago, so about a half-dozen of the Congressional Districts have someone new in them (MT-AL, SC-05, PA-07, etc). Also note that the numbers may have shifted since then (but they’re estimates to begin with anyway).
57/ Finally, at the risk of being accused of trying to “exploit” this crisis: I largely rely on individual donors to continue my work at ACASignups.net. If you find it of value & are in a position to do so, please consider supporting it, thanks!
Oh, by the way, here’s a PARTIAL list of what insurance carriers considered a “pre-existing condition” prior to the #ACA, although the reality is, it’s basically “whatever the hell the insurance carrier decides it is.”: cnn.com/2017/05/05/hea…
Also, here (again) is a video which explains the basics of WHY the #ACA was structured the way it was, with a whole section on pre-existing conditions and the individual mandate:
And while I’m at it, here’s Part One of my Risk Pool explainer…
…and here’s Part Two, which goes into the impact on premiums/enrollment of *repealing* the individual mandate (as well as #ShortAssPlans):
58/ By the way, here’s a PARTIAL list of “pre-existing conditions” prior to the #ACA which carriers could use to deny you coverage (although it was really “whatever the hell they decided” in practice): cnn.com/2017/05/05/hea…
59/ Also, here’s a video explaining the basic structure of the #ACA, including WHY the Individual Mandate was added in the first place… (it’s 17 minutes long but bear with me):
60/ Here’s Part One of my Risk Pool explainer (basic idea of how they work and why “High Risk Pools” suck):
61/ …and here’s Part Two, which explains what *repeal* of the #ACA’s individual mandate will likely do to enrollment and premiums next year:
