If the Dammerts and some of the millions of other Americans like them do that under the Republican health care plan now making its way through Congress, they could end up paying a heavy price. Because of those gap-in-coverage rules, some people might be unable to find affordable insurance, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Yet maintaining health insurance might not be possible all the time, said Albert Noll, a speech pathologist in Austin, Texas. Before Obama's health care law took effect, Noll and his wife went 15 years with prolonged periods in which they had no insurance. Roughly 27 million people had a gap in their health coverage of several months or more in 2015, a recent Kaiser report found.

Source: ABC News May 31, 2017 15:07 UTC