{"id":1002512,"date":"2018-10-04T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T11:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002512"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:55","slug":"real-stories-trump-lies-about-protecting-americans-with-pre-existing-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-trump-lies-about-protecting-americans-with-pre-existing-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL STORIES: Trump Lies About Protecting Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump says he is protecting people with pre-existing conditions, but that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. In reality, Trump and Republicans are trying to end the ACA\u2019s protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Republicans are paying the price with voters who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/health-reform\/poll-finding\/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-late-summer-2018-the-election-pre-existing-conditions-and-surprises-on-medical-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overwhelmingly<\/a> want to keep these vital protections in place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump is lying to the American people about protecting people with \u00a0pre-existing conditions. The truth is he wants to get rid of the ACA\u2019s protections for people with pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/whitehouse\/ap-fact-check-trumps-falsehoods-on-health-plan-protections\/2018\/10\/01\/7a93f73c-c545-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.30b6fcbaedfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cPresident Donald Trump isn\u2019t playing it straight when it comes to his campaign pledge not to undercut health coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2018\/10\/trump-misleads-on-preexisting-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FactCheck.org<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s comments contradict the Justice Department\u2019s actions, which Trump approved, according to a June letter from the Justice Department to Congress on this lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/west-virginia\/article\/2018\/sep\/29\/fact-checking-donald-trumps-rally-wheeling-wva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PolitiFact<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s own Justice Department has decided not to defend against a lawsuit filed by Republican state attorneys general that seeks to topple the Affordable Care Act. This puts the Trump administration on the side of those whose lawsuit would effectively end protections within the law for people with pre-existing conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Republicans are paying the price for their health care sabotage and effort to end the ACA\u2019s protections for people with pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><br class=\"m_701115583909489894gmail-kix-line-break\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/voters-push-back-republican-candidates-pay-the-price-for-attempts-to-kill-obamacare-and-its-guarantee-of-coverage-for-preexisting-conditions\/2018\/10\/03\/e9483776-c1d8-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html?utm_term=.d86d289800e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cGOP candidates pay the price for attempts to kill Obamacare and its guarantee of coverage for preexisting conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Americans continue to live in fear of not being able to get the care they need without pre-existing condition protections.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf we can\u2019t get insurance because of the pre-existing conditions, then we\u2019re in a very bad spot.\u201d \u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/2018\/09\/27\/indiana-senate-race-braun-donnelly-spar-over-obamacare-pre-existing-conditions\/1368504002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Father of children with pre-existing conditions<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/2018\/09\/27\/indiana-senate-race-braun-donnelly-spar-over-obamacare-pre-existing-conditions\/1368504002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/QX8WJ_U7hhty_F4YcoBmM47HkCzRWz2S_LvpQujXosyb2_wwZryJhNuwMcw9up6bxOgMO3vKMxTJLcFFws5znq7XeSmSYzdmwbIfr-_OSrvAXiaeHpOxxAHo98B8SX3UdoCknCoU\" width=\"493\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\">\u201cThat would just cripple us if we couldn\u2019t get Obamacare.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/2018\/09\/27\/indiana-senate-race-braun-donnelly-spar-over-obamacare-pre-existing-conditions\/1368504002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mother of children with pre-existing condition<\/a>s<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/2018\/09\/27\/indiana-senate-race-braun-donnelly-spar-over-obamacare-pre-existing-conditions\/1368504002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/l8sgzCzHV1tUCdy1rOVcO01dEI4wWR5_JPwOt7BlD-JZA29zsp94D23bv81i7V-oz7BrMyb13zK3B15w6kvCbT4uWu2SeZgjVmR9caAF3-mX7VLHOBJKMyS3QLrVNP67bG9AZyNG\" width=\"498\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\">\u201cPeople can\u2019t control when they get a disease, or get asthma, it\u2019s not something you can control it just happens in your life.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvik.org\/post\/protect-our-care-bus-tour-makes-indiana-stops#stream\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">23-year-old cancer survivor <\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says he is protecting people with pre-existing conditions, but that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. In reality, Trump and Republicans are trying to end the ACA\u2019s protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Republicans are paying the price with voters who overwhelmingly want to keep these vital protections in place. &nbsp; Trump is lying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REAL STORIES: Trump Lies About Protecting Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-trump-lies-about-protecting-americans-with-pre-existing-conditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-04T11:44:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/QX8WJ_U7hhty_F4YcoBmM47HkCzRWz2S_LvpQujXosyb2_wwZryJhNuwMcw9up6bxOgMO3vKMxTJLcFFws5znq7XeSmSYzdmwbIfr-_OSrvAXiaeHpOxxAHo98B8SX3UdoCknCoU\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-trump-lies-about-protecting-americans-with-pre-existing-conditions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-trump-lies-about-protecting-americans-with-pre-existing-conditions\/\",\"name\":\"REAL STORIES: Trump Lies About Protecting Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions - 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