A central federal Affordable Care Act reform to individual and small-group health coverage was to:
Explanation
The ACA prohibits insurers in the individual and small-group markets from denying coverage or charging higher premiums because of pre-existing conditions, and it requires plans to cover a set of essential health benefits. It did the opposite of allowing lifetime limits (it banned them), did not permit denial for prior illness, and expanded rather than removed preventive care (which many plans must cover at no cost sharing). Guaranteed issue and essential health benefits are hallmark ACA consumer protections.
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