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Across America, nearly 5 million young people are “disconnected” – not working and not in school. In my congressional district in Chicago, almost 17,000 young people – 17 percent of youth between ages 16 and 24 – are not working or going to school. The rate is even higher for young African-American men – in 2014, nearly half of African-American men between age 20 and age 24 in Chicago were disconnected fromboth school and work.

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#BeforeTheACA, insurance companies discriminated against Americans with pre-existing conditions by refusing coverage or charging exorbitant amounts that effectively priced people out of the market:

o From 2007 through 2009, the four largest health insurance companies denied coverage to more than 651,000 people and declined an additional 212,800 claims based on pre-existing medical conditions. On average, these four companies denied coverage to one out of every seven people because of a pre-existing condition.

#BeforeTheACA, insurance companies discriminated against Americans with pre-existing conditions by refusing coverage or charging exorbitant amounts that effectively priced people out of the market:

o From 2007 through 2009, the four largest health insurance companies denied coverage to more than 651,000 people and declined an additional 212,800 claims based on pre-existing medical conditions. On average, these four companies denied coverage to one out of every seven people because of a pre-existing condition.

“U.S. Representative Danny K. Davis Partners with Children’s Rights to Kick off annual fostering the future media campaign”