Nikhil Wagle, MD (he/him) Profile picture
Vice President and Global Head of Translational Medicine, Genentech/Roche | Previously @danafarber @broadinstitute @Count_Me_In
Oct 25, 2020 12 tweets 9 min read
A short thread about protections for people w pre-existing conditions (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, etc):

Before 2010, insurance companies could deny coverage — or charge higher prices — to people with pre-existing conditions

#VoteHealth #DoctorsForBiden #Biden
1/12 And before 2010, millions of people with these preexisting conditions faced significant barriers in getting individual insurance coverage.

The Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — changed that.

#VoteHealth #DoctorsForBiden #BidenHarris2020

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