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The Associated Press reports:
More than three-and-a-half years into his presidency and 40 days from an election, President Donald Trump on Thursday launched what aides termed a “vision” for health care heavy on unfulfilled aspirations.
“It is affirmed, signed and done, so we can put that to rest,” Trump said after signing an executive order covering a range of issues, including protecting people with preexisting medical conditions from insurance discrimination. But that right is already guaranteed in the Obama-era health law his administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissively said Trump’s “bogus executive order on pre-existing conditions isn’t worth the paper it’s signed on.” Democrats are betting heavily that they have the edge on health care this election season.
Pres Trump: I am signing the first-ever executive order to affirm that it is the “official policy of the United States Government to protect patients with pre-existing conditions.”
Fact: The Affordable Care Act signed by Pres Obama made covering pre-existing conditions U.S. law.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) September 24, 2020
On call just now HHS Sec Azar makes clear Trump’s forthcoming executive order on preexisting conditions will not carry weight of actual law should SCOTUS strike down the ACA. Said it is a “defined statement of U.S. policy that people with preexisting conditions are protected.”
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 24, 2020
Trump is now claiming he has a “healthcare plan” that would “protect patients with preexisting conditions” but he’s currently in court right now trying to undo Obamacare’s protections for people with… preexisting conditions. https://t.co/tGbcJkDOhZ pic.twitter.com/dlw8Z3Ljgp
— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) September 24, 2020
Trump brags about the lawsuit he’s a part of that would get rid of protections for preexisting conditions.
But Trump claims, “if we win, we will have a better and less expensive plan that will always protect individuals with preexisting conditions.”
That isn’t true. pic.twitter.com/3BisslX2hL
— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) September 24, 2020
Facts:
– Obamacare created the protections for pre-existing conditions
– Trump has backed GOP bills to weaken them
– Trump admin has argued in court that the protections are unconstitutional
– Admin is now trying to get Obamacare killed in court
– An order can’t replace law— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 24, 2020