President Joe Biden has repeatedly warned voters on the campaign trail that his opponent, former President Donald Trump,
Former President Donald Trump has said several times over the years that he wants to replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare — most recently in December.
"MAGA Republicans have tried to get rid of the Affordable Care Act more than 50 times, and Trump is still determined to do it," Biden saidin Detroit."In his words, he wants to ‘terminate’ the Affordable Care Act, which would deny 3 million Black Americans health insurance, deny protections for preexisting conditions for millions more Americans. But we’re going to deny Trump.
"The cost of Obamacare is out of control, plus, it’s not good Healthcare. I’m seriously looking at alternatives," Trump."We had a couple of Republican Senators who campaigned for 6 years against it, and then raised their hands not to terminate it. It was a low point for the Republican Party, but we should never give up!":"Obamacare is too expensive, and otherwise, not good healthcare.
Thomas Miller, a senior fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute who researches health care policy and the Affordable Care Act, said a second Trump administration would be more likely to reinstitute"There aren't that many great legislative opportunities because people haven't done the work, they haven't built the roster of ready-to-go bills and popularized them," Miller said.
"It’s hard to know what you can take away from Trump’s statement with respect to the ACA," Corlette said."But I think people can make the assessment that a number, maybe not all, but a number of the ACA’s insurance reforms — like the insurance minimum benefits and pre-existing condition protections — if not fully repealed, those could be rolled back so that insurers will have a lot more flexibility to charge more or deny certain types of care.
After years of Trump’s anti-ACA rhetoric and action, the former president’s stated change of position represents an important detail that Biden’s statement fails to acknowledge. We rate it Half True.Phone interview, Sabrina Corlette, a research professor and co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University, May 29, 2024
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