1.   Among the children in California who could be denied coverage, many are disabled.

2.   Among the children in Alabama who could be denied coverage, many are disabled.

3.   Among the children in Virginia who could be denied coverage, many are disabled.

4.   And how, as a trial lawyer, he once fought an insurance company on behalf of a boy who had been denied coverage.

5.   Applicants with debilitating pre-existing conditions, like AIDS or multiple sclerosis, qualify merely by presenting a letter from an insurance company denying them coverage.

6.   At the same time, it effectively bans insurers from denying coverage to people who have pre-existing medical conditions.

7.   Bond disagrees but says patients should be able to appeal to a board if denied coverage.

8.   A majority of doctors said that their patients had been denied coverage for some type of health service they needed in the last two years.

9.   A number of dissident Republicans have heard these concerns and are pushing for tougher patient protections, including the right to sue health plans when they improperly deny coverage.

10.   After a year, insurance companies would be barred from denying coverage to these people, even if they have pre-existing medical problems.