Most Americans Don’t Want Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions Overturned – By Michael Rainey (The Fiscal Times) / Oct 16 2020
President Trump insists that he has a plan to protect people with pre-existing conditions if the Supreme Court invalidates the Affordable Care Act – something that could happen just after the election, thanks to a lawsuit by Republican attorneys general that is supported by the White House. But according to new poll data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, most Americans don’t believe him.
“Slightly more than half (53%) including majorities of Democrats (90%) and independents (57%) say they ‘do not think President Trump has a plan to maintain protections for people with pre-existing health conditions,’” Kaiser researchers said Friday. The majority of Republicans, however, do trust the president on the issue, with 85% saying they think Trump “has a plan.”
When it comes to maintaining protections for people who have pre-existing conditions – protections that were established by the Affordable Care Act and would no longer be valid if the Supreme Court invalidates the law, as the Trump administration is seeking – opinions are even clearer: the great majority of Americans do not want to see those protections overturned.
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