Trump wants health insurers not to have to cover pre-existing conditions. It’s cheaper.
Explaining this to people who don’t remember insurance before ACA is difficult. A young man last night asked me why he would buy a bus ticket if the bus company didn’t have to have busses. 1/
Explaining this to people who don’t remember insurance before ACA is difficult. A young man last night asked me why he would buy a bus ticket if the bus company didn’t have to have busses. 1/
My explanation: insurance before the ACA was designed for the needs of insurance companies. The principal design was how to protect their profits.
The principal change of the ACA was to reverse it— to protect consumers w standard benefits, no lifetime caps & pre-ex. 2/
The principal change of the ACA was to reverse it— to protect consumers w standard benefits, no lifetime caps & pre-ex. 2/
This makes sense to the majority of Americans.👇 3/
Trump adamantly opposes this view. First he tried repeal. Then he launched Trumpcare plans which eliminated these protections to compete against ACA plans.
Plans where you need to be better at reading the fine print than insurers are AR writing it. 4/
Plans where you need to be better at reading the fine print than insurers are AR writing it. 4/
Is, Trump is going further. Failing in Congress, maiming the ACA to increase premiums but not killing it, he’s going to the courts. Beginning today he could get a friendly court to do what he couldn’t do otherwise. 6/
Can it happen? Yes.
The GOP wants it to go into effect immediately, the Trump wants to wait until after the election (Jan 1).
A little about how it could go and how it is well timed to hit the Supreme Court with Kavanaugh a potential new Justice. 6/
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
The GOP wants it to go into effect immediately, the Trump wants to wait until after the election (Jan 1).
A little about how it could go and how it is well timed to hit the Supreme Court with Kavanaugh a potential new Justice. 6/
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
If this were 2017, it would headline all the cable news programs. Health care is Americans’ number one concern and the impact of this case will be hundreds of millions of people. /end
