Thread by @sahilkapur

Trump tells @60Minutes in footage he released that he wants to see the Supreme Court wipe out Obamacare.

“I hope that they end it.”

Trump insists he‘ll have a health care plan that protects preexisting conditions, but doesn’t point to a proposal or say what policies would be in it amid repeated questioning from Stahl.

He repeats that he’d like SCOTUS to invalidate the ACA.

“It’ll be so good if they end it.”

Trump on a health care plan: “It’s fully developed. It’s going to be announced very soon, when we see what happens with Obamacare.”

Then he says “large sections” of it are written, points to previous GOP plans, says he’ll “make a deal” on a bill. (There is currently not a plan.)

STAHL: What about people with pre-existing conditions?

TRUMP: I’ll protect it. Will be totally protected

STAHL: How?

TRUMP: They’ll be protected Lesley

STAHL: How?

TRUMP: I mean the people w/ pre-ex are going to be protected

STAHL: How?

TRUMP: As they are now

STAHL: How?

For context: The way pre-existing conditions are protected "now" under Obamacare: (1) Guaranteed issue, i.e. insurers can't turn down customers, (2) Community rating, i.e. insurers can't charge sicker people higher prices, (3) A minimum benefit package for all policies.

There currently isn't a Trump or party-wide plan but prior GOP plans approach pre-existing conditions differently. House-passed AHCA in '17 and Graham-Cassidy had waivers from community rating, enabling higher costs for sick people, lower for healthy. Some want high-risk pools.

Point being, the notion that the two parties agree on pre-existing conditions is ahistorical fiction. This issue is in many ways at the core of the intense health care division.