Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) - Glossary

Take health care into your own hands

Home > Glossary > P > Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP)

Glossary

Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP):

A new program that will provide a health coverage option for you if you have been uninsured for at least six months, you have a pre-existing condition, and you have been denied coverage (or offered insurance without coverage of the pre-existing condition) by a private insurance company. This program will provide coverage until 2014 when you will have access to affordable health insurance choices through an Exchange, and you can no longer be discriminated against based on a pre-existing condition.

Download an A to Z list of all glossary entries (PDF – 118 KB)

Home

A federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W. - Washington, D.C. 20201

Take Action

Get Help Using Insurance

The Health Care Law and You

Stay Connected