Protect people with pre-existing conditions from short-term health plans

Shaheen opposes short-term health plans that she says could let insurers discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions or deny coverage for opioid addiction treatment. She cites risks to people with conditions including cancer, asthma and diabetes.

Context: The source describes potential effects of the plans, not a certain outcome for every enrollee.

In their own words

one of the Senate’s most vocal opponents of Trump’s short-term “junk” health care plans

The source

Jeanne Shaheen: Reducing the Cost of Health Care

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