EDITORIAL: Health care issue isn’t dead, though GOP is trying
--Two weeks ago, the Trump administration's
--The administration is rolling out new "association health plans" for individuals and small businesses. These policies would be cheaper and less comprehensive than current plans and might eliminate coverage for things like maternity services, emergency care or mental health treatment.
--In part because President
Fortunately, about 70 percent of those silver plan customers receive direct government subsidies because of their incomes. Direct government subsidies cost the government more than Trump saved by ending cost-sharing payments to insurers.
Polls consistently show Obamacare is viewed favorably by most Americans -- this despite Trump's false claim that "for the most part, we will have gotten rid of a majority of Obamacare." One sign of its popularity is that
One of Obamacare's most popular provisions says that the 52 million non-elderly American adults with pre-existing conditions can't be denied coverage or charged more for it. In a 2017
However, the tax-cut bill enacted in December eliminated Obamacare's penalty for failing to purchase health insurance. The end of the so-called individual mandate caused 20 Republican state attorneys general to again challenge the overall constitutionality of Obamacare's consumer protections, including coverage of pre-existing conditions. The
A final court decision on the challenge could be years away. In the meantime, voters with pre-existing conditions might want to factor it into their decisions in November.
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