Fact Check: No, the GOP Healthcare Bill Doesn't Make Rape a Pre-Existing Condition

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The public "debate" over the House-passed American Health Care Act continues to devolve into an orgy of demagogic stupidity, with legitimate questions and concerns over certain policy components being drowned out by fact-free hysteria. On Friday, we dealt with the oft-repeated and preposterously false claim that the AHCA crushes people with pre-existing conditions, returning to the 'bad old days' and rolling back safeguards.  In fact, there are four layers of protections for such individuals within the bill, starting with the preservation of a nationwide requirement that insurers must sell plans to consumers with pre-existing conditions.