New healthcare bill 2017: List of pre existing conditions

On Thursday, the House passed the American Health Care Act on a vote of 217-213, repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

It now heads to the Senate, where it will face stiff opposition from both Democrats and moderate conservatives.

One of the biggest criticisms of the new revamped health care bill is that it could weaken protections for those with pre-existing conditions, health conditions patients have before the date their new health coverage goes into effect.

Some of these pre-existing conditions could include pregnancy, menstrual irregularities, cancer or sleep apnea.

Under the new bill, states can allow health insurance companies to refuse to cover patients or charge them more for having a pre-existing condition, which is banned under Obamacare.

While insurance companies have varying lists of "declinable" or "uninsurable" conditions, here's a partial list of health issues that may not be covered under the new health care bill, according to CNN:

Acne
Acromegaly
AIDS or ARC
Alzheimer's Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Anemia (Aplastic, Cooley's, Hemolytic, Mediterranean or Sickle Cell)
Anxiety
Aortic or Mitral Valve Stenosis
Arteriosclerosis
Arteritis
Asbestosis
Asthma
Bipolar disease
Cancer
Cardiomyopathy
Cerebral Palsy (infantile)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Cirrhosis of the Liver
Coagulation Defects
Congestive Heart Failure
Cystic Fibrosis
Demyelinating Disease
Depression
Dermatomyositis
Diabetes
Dialysis
Esophageal Varicosities
Friedreich's Ataxia
Hepatitis (Type B, C or Chronic)
Menstrual irregularities
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Myasthenia Gravis
Obesity
Organ transplants
Paraplegia
Parkinson's Disease
Polycythemia Vera
Pregnancy
Psoriatic Arthritis
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Renal Failure
Sarcoidosis
Scleroderma
Sex reassignment
Sjogren's Syndrome
Sleep apnea
Transsexualism
Tuberculosis

The list above includes health issues considered pre-existing conditions before Obamacare. It is not a comprehensive list.

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