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Experts say without the Affordable Care Act, there is no longer a guarantee that people with pre-existing conditions could find coverage

Hawley releases ad pro-coverage of pre-existing conditions while involved in lawsuit to end the ACA

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WEBVTT WHO SUPPORTS THE CHANGE. STEVEN: COMMITMENT 2018, REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE JOSH HOLLY’S NEWEST COMMERCIAL SAID HE IS HEALTH, -- MICHEAL MAHONEY REPORTS HE IS ALSO PART OF A LAWSUIT THAT COULD DO AWAY WITH THE COVERAGE. >> EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE LEARNED OUR OLDEST HAS A RARE CHRONIC PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. REPORTER: HE IS REFERRING TO HIS SON. HIS CAMPAIGN SAYS IT IS A DEGENERATIVE BONE DISEASE IN HIS HIP. >> I SAY THEY SHOULD COVER ALL PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. REPORTER: HE ALSO SUPPORTS A LAWSUIT IN TEXAS THAT WOULD END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IN TEXAS. THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION SAYS IF IT SUCCEEDS, IT WOULD NO LONGER BE A GUARANTEE THAT PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS COULD GET INSURANCE ON THEIR OWN. HE SAYS HE WOULD MANDATE THE GOVERNMENT FORCE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO COVER PEEVES IS THE CONDITIONS. HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD END SWEETHEART DEALS FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES, LET THEM SELL POLICIES ACROSS STATE LINES, AND FORM HEALTH ASSOCIATIO PLANS. CENTER REPUBLICANS ARE OFFERING A BILL THEY SAY WILL COVER PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. HOLLY SAYS HE SUPPORTS IT. HEALTH-CARE EXPERTS SAY IT AS A LOOPHOLE TO PREVENT INSURANCE COMPANIES TO HAVE HIGHER PRICES TO COVER PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. RIGHT BODY, MEMBER TOLD THAT BILL IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SENATE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE JOSH HAWLEY SUPPORTS PROTECTING COVERAGE FO PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONSR, BUT HE IS ALSO PARTICIPATING IN A TEXAS LAWSUIT THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE PROTECTION. MICHEAL MAHONEY, KMBC 9 NEWS. STEVEN: THE SURVEY FROM THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION SHOWS 20% OF ADULTS HAVE PRE

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Missouri Republican Senate Candidate Josh Hawley's newest commercial says he supports protecting health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions. But Hawley is also part of a lawsuit that would do away with that coverage.In the ad, Hawley says, "Earlier this year, we learned out oldest has a rare chronic disease. A pre-existing condition."Hawley is referring to his son Elijah. His campaign says Elijah has a degenerative bone disease in his hip. "I support forcing insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions," Hawley goes on to say. But Hawley also supports a lawsuit in Texas that would end the Affordable Care Act - Obamacare. Larry Levitt of the non-partisan Kaiser family foundation says if the lawsuit succeeds, "There would no longer be a guarantee that people with pre-existing conditions could get insurance on their own."Hawley says he would mandate government insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. He also says the government should end "sweetheart deals" for insurance companies, let them sell policies across state lines, and let Missourians form health association plans.Senate Republicans are offering a bill they say will cover people with pre-existing conditions, and Hawley says he supports it.Healthcare experts say it has a loophole that would permit insurance companies to charge higher prices to cover pre-existing conditions. Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt, a member of the leadership, told KMBC this month, "That bill is not going anywhere. I am not supportive of it."