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President Trump and many other candidates opposing the ACA say they support protecting people with pre-existing conditions. Now seems like a good time to ask how they would do that if the ACA gets struck down, which is all of a sudden more likely. https://twitter.com/larry_levitt/status/1291922725443756033
Overturning the ACA is not only about pre-existing condition protections. It's also about the Medicaid expansion, closing the Medicare drug coverage donut hole, preventive services, Medicare payments to hospitals, taxes, and much more. https://www.kff.org/health-reform/fact-sheet/potential-impact-of-texas-v-u-s-decision-on-key-provisions-of-the-affordable-care-act/
You can’t just click your heels together three times to get insurance companies to guarantee pre-existing condition protections.
It takes strict regulations, plus government spending to make coverage affordable and encourage people who are currently healthy to enroll, too.
It takes strict regulations, plus government spending to make coverage affordable and encourage people who are currently healthy to enroll, too.
27% of non-elderly adults, or 54 million people, have a pre-existing condition that would have led to a denial of individual insurance before the Affordable Care Act. https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/pre-existing-condition-prevalence-for-individuals-and-families/
