This is a very important issue. We all have pre-existing conditions whether we know about them or not.
I worry about how my wife, a stroke survivor will fare if something were to happen to me. Here in Colorado, there is a state program for folks like her, but I don’t know if she would have to first spend everything I leave her first.
Health insurance needs to be moved away from being employer based and pools set up large enough to make it affordable, and denial due to pre-existing conditions needs to be done with.
Yes, it is very important, no doubt about that.
But, I will not support a government health plan.
What’s needed is Health Insurance Reform. Lower costs, and less restrictions. There’s lots of ways the government can regulate costs without controlling the care.