Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • FactCheck.org

    The Preexisting Conditions Debate Isn’t Over

    by Lori Robertson Apr 02, 2019 4 minutes

    Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said that all of the congressional Republican health care plans had “covered preexisting conditions,” while Sen. Bernie Sanders said President Donald Trump’s idea for health care is “doing away with the protections that the ACA has for preexisting conditions.”

    The GOP health care plans, debated in 2017, offered some preexisting condition protections, but they were not as comprehensive as those in the Affordable Care Act.

    Mulvaney and Sanders made their comments on Sunday political TV talk shows in reaction to questions about the Trump administration’s to ask federal courts to find the ACA unconstitutional and nullify the entire law. The administration has now fully sided.

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from FactCheck.org

    FactCheck.org2 min readAmerican Government
    House Majority PAC
    A Democratic PAC focused on restoring a Democratic majority in the House. The post House Majority PAC appeared first on FactCheck.org.
    FactCheck.org10 min readAmerican Government
    FactChecking Biden’s Swing-State Stops in Pennsylvania
    While former President Donald Trump spent much of his week in court, President Joe Biden visited the swing state of Pennsylvania for three days and gave speeches in Scranton, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. We flagged some false and misleading claims, i
    FactCheck.org10 min readAmerican Government
    Familiar Claims in a Familiar Presidential Race
    As a primer for the 2024 election, here's our guide to the top 10 falsehoods and distortions -- so far -- in terms of Trump's and Biden's propensity to repeat them. The post Familiar Claims in a Familiar Presidential Race appeared first on FactCheck

    Related Books & Audiobooks