Require insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions and allow young adults to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26.

Josh Hawley · Missouri · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 3.00 extraction confidence 97%

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Occurrences

"Insurance companies should be required to cover folks with preexisting conditions, and also to allow kids to stay on their parents' insurance up to age 26," Hawley said.

Hawley said insurers should be required to cover pre-existing conditions and continue dependent coverage for children up to age 26.

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"I’m committed to covering those with pre-existing conditions, and we don’t have to break the Constitution to do it."

Hawley reaffirmed his commitment to preserving coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

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Evidence

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Current U.S. Code says health plans and issuers "may not impose any preexisting condition exclusion" for group or individual coverage.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, the official U.S. Code still showed the ACA-derived prohibition on preexisting-condition exclusions in force. The source credit traces the provision to Public Law 111-148 in 2010, before Hawley's Senate term, so it proves the policy condition exists but not that Hawley delivered it.

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42 USC 300gg-3: Prohibition of preexisting condition exclusions or other discrimination based on health status
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Current U.S. Code says plans offering dependent coverage must keep it available for an adult child "until the child turns 26 years of age."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, the official U.S. Code still showed the ACA-dependent-coverage rule in force. The source credit traces the provision to Public Law 111-148 in 2010, before Hawley's Senate service, so it supports delivery of the policy condition but not candidate-specific delivery.

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42 USC 300gg-14: Extension of dependent coverage
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. unknown

The promised policy conditions are in force in federal law: insurers may not impose preexisting-condition exclusions, and dependent coverage must remain available until age 26. But both requirements trace to the 2010 Affordable Care Act, before Josh Hawley's 2018 Senate campaign and Senate service. The provided evidence supports that the outcome exists, but not that Hawley wrote, sponsored, or materially advanced the provisions. Because the policy is delivered without candidate-specific credit, this merits partial credit rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%