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Medical insurance exclusions U.S. 2016

Do your standard (typical) medical insurance programs exclude any of the following?

The data displays the share of medical insurers who exclude certain conditions or classes of people from their standard insurance programs in the U.S. in 2016. In that survey, preexisting conditions were included by 71% of responding insurers in their standard medical insurance programs.

Alcoholism and drug use 72 28
Parents 64 36
Retirees 49 2 49
Speech services 43 1 55
HIV/AIDS 43 56
Hearing services 43 57
Child dependents, age 23 and above 35 64
Vision services 35 1 1 64
Mental health and stress 31 4 4 61
Dental services 28 71
Preexisting conditions 28 1 71
Mammograms 21 78
Out-of-country coverage 18 1 81
Ongoing diabetes care 18 2 80
Second surgical opinion 18 2 7 73
Cancer 4 1 95