# Obamacare: why aren't people with pre-existing conditions signing up ?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-why-arent-people-with-pre-existing-conditions-signing-up/674067 "2013-11-16T18:05:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-why-arent-people-with-pre-existing-conditions-signing-up/674067/7 "2013-11-16T20:15:13Z")

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Wait, you’re back in the US? I thought you were living in the Czech Republic and Dubai and were considering renouncing your US citizenship.

> [@Renouncing US citizenship to get a bank account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renouncing-us-citizenship-to-get-a-bank-account/672691/128):
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> > [@Renouncing US citizenship to get a bank account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renouncing-us-citizenship-to-get-a-bank-account/672691/93):
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> > Not directly related to the question in the OP, but I’m curious. From previous threads, I gathered that the reason that **Desert Nomad** lived overseas was that a preexisting condition prevented him from buying individual health insurance in the US. As I believe that issue was addressed in the Obamacare legislation, have you considered moving back to the States? Based on this thread, I take it the answer is no. So at this point are you just happier living in Europe and the Middle East?
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> You are correct about my health situation (both before and now with Obamacare). However, given the US pushing to make my life as difficult as possible overseas, I see no reason to give in and move back to the USA. In fact I have since lost my residency status in the Czech Republic (with a change of rules recently in the visa requirements).
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> Therefore I have to currently live as a perpetual tourist and move countries every 90 days as I did from 2002-2005. I have few assets in the USA, but it would be hard to live without a passport. I’d have to seek refugee status somewhere.

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