HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We’re going to be doing a healthcare plan very strongly and protect people with preexisting conditions.
I will say this, they will not do that, because they have socialized…”
[George Stephanopoulos: “You fought to repeal Obamacare, you are arguing… the Supreme Court right now to strike it down, that would do away with preexisting conditions.”]
“No.”
[George Stephanopoulos: “You’ve promised…”]
“So that we can do new healthcare.”
[George Stephanopoulos: “But you’ve been promising a new healthcare plan. We interviewed – I interviewed you in June of last year, you said the healthcare plan would come in two weeks. You told Chris Wallace that this summer it’d come in three weeks. You promised an executive order on preexisting…”]
“I have it all ready. I have it all ready… I have it all ready, and it’s a much better plan for you, and it’s a much better plan… And when you say Obamacare, I got rid of the individual mandate, which is the worst part of Obamacare…”
[George Stephanopoulos: “You’re striking down the whole law.”…]
“You’re going to have new healthcare, and the preexisting condition aspect of it will always be in my plan.”
-Donald Trump, “Trump’s ABC News town hall: Full transcript,” abcnews.go.com, Sep. 15, 2020