Yeah, the plan in question is for the state’s high risk pools, which primarily consist of those who don’t have, and can’t get, coverage because of their health status.
Incidentally, for anyone who currently has group coverage and moves to another group (primarily employment change issues), HIPAA mandates that there be no pre-existing condition exclusion. When you’ve served the waiting period once, that’s it for life if you’re aware of the law and follow its requirements. You go from employer provided group insurance, to COBRA (upon layoff), to individual coverage that the insurers are manadated to write (when COBRA is exhaused), then back to an employer policy with no P.E. exclusion when you get rehired.