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The Affordable Care Act created the new Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) program to make health insurance available to Americans denied coverage by private insurance companies because of a pre-existing condition. Coverage for people living with such conditions as diabetes, asthma, cancer, and HIV/AIDS has often been priced out of the reach of most Americans who buy their own insurance, and this has resulted in a lack of coverage for millions. The temporary program covers a broad range of health benefits and is designed as a bridge for people with pre-existing conditions who cannot obtain health insurance coverage in today’s private insurance market. To learn more, visit PCIP.gov or HealthCare.gov.

Note: * Massachusetts and Vermont are guarantee issue states that have already implemented many of the broader market reforms included in the Affordable Care Act that take effect in 2014. Existing commercial plans offering guaranteed coverage at premiums comparable to PCIP are already available in both states.

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This is a dataset hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The organization has an open data platform found here and they update their information according the amount of data that is brought in. Explore CMS's Data using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the CMS organization page!

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Acknowledgements

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Acknowledgements

This dataset was kindly released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. You can find the original copy of the dataset here.