Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170502:20:50:00
Let's bring in cnn's medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. could someone like billy kimmel be denied insurance because of a condition like this if not the xe existing condition law? >> reporter: absolutely. before obamacare that used to happen frequently. adults and children with pre-existing children when they went to go purchase insurance were told no or sometimes were told, sure, we'll insure you but for an incredibly high amount of money that, you know, many people couldn't afford, or we'll insure you for everything except this condition which, of course, is ridiculous because that's why ...