# Obesity and Obamacare question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-and-obamacare-question/673190>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 5, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-and-obamacare-question/673190 "2013-11-05T23:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-and-obamacare-question/673190/1 "2013-11-05T23:22:35Z")

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Would significant obesity be a protected pre-existing condition under Obamacare?

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obesity-and-obamacare-question/673190/2 "2013-11-05T23:47:07Z")

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What pre-existing conditions aren’t? I know they can charge you more if you smoke, but they still have to cover you as far as I know.