HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SOCIAL SECURITY/SOTU: “I’ve also made an Ironclad Pledge to American families. We will always protect patients with preexisting conditions. And we will always protect your Medicare and we will always protect your Social Security, always.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump State of the Union Speech Transcript: February 4, 2020,” rev.com, February […]
Category: Pre-existing conditions
2/4/2020
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “President Trump will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions.” -White House, “President Trump Is Working To Ensure That Every American Has Access To Better Healthcare At Lower Cost,” whitehouse.gov, February 4, 2020 […]
1/30/2020
GOP/HEALTHCARE/IOWA/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We are making healthcare better and cheaper. We got rid of the individual mandate, the most unpopular thing, which essentially killed Obamacare. We are protecting people with pre-existing conditions and we always will, the Republican party.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump Iowa Rally Transcript: Trump Holds Rally in Des […]
1/14/2020
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “They want to take away your private health insurance. We will protect patients with preexisting conditions like nobody else, and we will protect your preexisting physicians, which you’ve had to get rid of. Which you will have to get rid of when this new plan never happens. Don’t worry about it. It’s not […]
1/9/2020
GOP/OHIO/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “Republicans will defend middle class taxpayers and the right to keep the doctor of your choice. We will protect patients with pre-existing conditions. And we will protect your pre-existing physician. You’ll have your physician.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump Ohio Campaign Rally Transcript: Transcript of Toledo, Ohio Rally,” rev.com, January […]
12/19/2019
HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I introduced a plan to build on Obamacare. Remind everybody, 20 million people got insurance who didn’t have it before. All people with pre-existing conditions were able to be covered… I’ve added to the Obamacare plan the Biden initiative, which is a public option, Medicare if you want to have Medicare, […]
12/19/2019
CALIFORNIA/JOE BIDEN/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I introduced a plan to build on Obamacare. It remind everybody, 20 million people got insurance, didn’t have it before. All people with preexisting conditions are able to be covered. I could go on. We didn’t get all that we wanted, but now that it’s been exposed, that taking it away […]
12/19/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/MICHIGAN/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “Republicans will strongly protect patients with preexisting conditions and we will protect your preexisting physicians.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump Michigan Rally Transcript: Trump Holds a Rally in Battle Creek During Impeachment Vote,” rev.com, December 19, 2019 […]
12/19/2019
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT: “We’re doing tremendously on healthcare. The individual mandate — you know, we won yesterday in Supreme Court You saw that, in the appellate division. We won yesterday. Individual mandate is now gone. That’s tremendous savings. That was the worst part of Obamacare. We take care of preexisting conditions. They’re not going to […]
12/18/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TEXAS: “Today’s decision in Texas v. Azar is a win for all Americans and confirms what I have said all along: that the individual mandate, by far the worst element of Obamacare, is unconstitutional. This decision will not alter the current healthcare system. My Administration continues to work to provide access to high-quality healthcare at a […]
12/18/2019
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “President Trump will protect Americans with preexisting conditions.” -White House, “President Donald J. Trump Applauds The Circuit Court’s Decision and Will Continue Working to Provide Americans With Better Care at Lower Cost,” whitehouse.gov, December 18, 2019 […]
12/18/2019
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “President Trump is committed to protecting Americans with preexisting conditions and will continue working to improve the quality, affordability, and accessibility of our healthcare system, as the courts continue to consider this case.” -White House, “President Donald J. Trump Applauds The Circuit Court’s Decision and Will Continue Working to Provide Americans With Better […]
12/10/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/PENNSYLVANIA/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “Republicans will defend your sacred right to choose the doctor and you can choose your plan and you choose the plan that’s right for you. We will strongly protect patients with preexisting conditions.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania – December 10, 2019,” […]
11/15/2019
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We eliminated the Obamacare individual mandate penalty, and we’re expanding affordable alternatives which cost up to 60 percent less than Obamacare plans. And it could be even quite a bit higher than that, in some cases. And we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions, and, as I’ve been saying lately, and also […]
11/4/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SENIORS: “Democrats are becoming more extreme and militant by the day. The Democrats plan government takeover of healthcare would obliterate Medicare. What are they doing? I will always protect Medicare for our nation’s seniors. It’s going to be protected. What they’re doing is crazy and we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions, and […]
11/1/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SENIORS: “The Democrats’ healthcare agenda would obliterate Medicare. I will always protect Medicare for our seniors, and we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions, always. We will always take care of them. Virtually every Democrat, also now supports, late-term abortion, ripping babies straight from the mother’s womb, right up until the moment of […]
10/17/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS/TEXAS/RALLY: “While we’re fighting for shared priorities, the American people, the Democrat Party has never been farther outside of the mainstream. They’ve gone nuts. Every Democrat running for president is pushing a healthcare agenda that would utterly eviscerate Medicare. My administration will always protect Medicare for our beloved seniors. And we will always protect […]
10/10/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “Every Democrat running for President is pushing a health care agenda that would end Medicare as we know it betraying our nation’s seniors. My administration will always protect Medicare for our beloved seniors and we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Speech: Donald Trump Holds a […]
10/10/2019
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SOCIALISM: “My administration is also fighting the Democrats, Socialist healthcare agenda that would obliterate Medicare. Republicans will protect Medicare and we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota – October 10, 2019,” factba.se, October 10, 2019 […]
10/10/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/GOP/OBAMA/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Renee Passal: “Your administration has been working hard on innovative strategies and health care. How do you think this will help Minnesotans?”] “Well, I think it’s really good. Obamacare has been a disaster. We got rid of the individual mandate, as you know, which was the worst part of Obamacare, and what we’re […]
10/3/2019
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “PROTECTING VULNERABLE AMERICANS: President Trump is committed to protecting vulnerable American patients and families. The President has reaffirmed that protecting Americans with preexisting conditions is fundamental to his healthcare agenda.” -White House, “President Donald J. Trump’s Healthcare Agenda Puts Seniors and American Patients First,” whitehouse.gov, October 3, 2019 […]
10/3/2019
CONGRESS/FLORIDA/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “First, we’re protecting vulnerable Americans. We have made a clear promise to America’s patients: We will always protect patients with preexisting conditions. The Republicans will always protect preexisting conditions. To stop families from being blindsided by outrageous medical bills — and this is something that is one of the most exciting things to […]
9/12/2019
HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Look, everybody says we want an option. The option I’m proposing is Medicare for all — Medicare for choice. If you want Medicare, if you lose the job from your insurance — from your employer, you automatically can buy into this. You don’t have — no pre-existing condition can stop you […]
9/12/2019
BERNIE SANDERS/DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS/TAXES: “More than 130 Democrats in Congress have signed up for the Bernie Sanders total government takeover of healthcare — — Crazy Bernie; he is a crazy guy — which would dramatically raise middle-class taxes, eliminate private health insurance for 180 million Americans, and destroy Medicare forever. Republicans will always protect Medicare for […]
9/9/2019
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “We’ll always protect patients with pre-existing conditions also. Always, yep, my word.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump North Carolina Rally Transcript in Fayetteville, NC September 9, 2019,” rev.com, September 9, 2019 […]
8/15/2019
GOP/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “And you got to remember this. Republicans, and I speak for every one of them, we will always protect pre-existing conditions. We’re going to protect, always.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump New Hampshire Rally Transcript August 15, 2019,” rev.com, August 15, 2019 […]
8/1/2019
JOE BIDEN/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “There’s nothing moderate about what Barack did in Obamacare. Nothing. No president had come close. And they tried and they tried and they tried. Seven presidents. This guy did an incredible thing. In addition to that, he covered a hundred million people who had pre-existing conditions. He allowed kids to stay on […]
7/31/2019
HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I believe deeply that health care is a right for all — not a privilege for the few. Every American deserves the peace of mind that comes with knowing they have insurance that allows them access to affordable, high-quality health care… You won’t find peace of mind if you cannot afford to […]
7/31/2019
GOP/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “This is not a Republican talking point. The Republicans are trying to kill Obamacare. Obamacare took care of 20 million people right off the bat. A hundred million people with pre-existing conditions. And in fact what we got is a public option, that in fact would allow anybody to buy in. […]
7/17/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: ” If you like your plan, you can keep your plan, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, 28 times, a total lie. My administration is defending your sacred right to choose the doctor and the plan that you want, and we are offering plans up to 60% cheaper […]
7/10/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “And we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions. It’s an absolute fact. It’s done. The Republican Party will protect patients with preexisting conditions. [Applause] We’re working with Congress to stop surprise medical billing because no American should be blindsided by medical bills to services that they never agreed to in advance.” -Donald […]
7/1/2019
CRIME/DEMS/EDUCATION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MILITARY/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I think I’ve reached most Americans. Most Americans want no crime. Most Americans want a strong military. They want good education. They want good healthcare. If you look at preexisting conditions, the Republicans are going to save preexisting conditions. The Democrats won’t be able to do it. What the Democrats’ plan is going […]
6/24/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SOCIAL SECURITY: “And we spend a lot of time defending Medicare and Social Security, and we’re always going to protect patients with preexisting conditions. People don’t understand that — that we are fighting very, very hard to get it taken care of for preexisting conditions. And if we weren’t, that wouldn’t happen. But the […]
6/23/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Chuck Todd: “Do you think Democrats won the House because of health care?”] “I think they won because of preexisting condition.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Chuck Todd of NBC News Interviews Donald Trump on Meet the Press – June 23, 2019,” factba.se, June 23, 2019 […]
6/23/2019
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We will always protect pre-existing conditions. And the reason Obamacare continues is my decision.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Chuck Todd of NBC News Interviews Donald Trump on Meet the Press – June 23, 2019,” factba.se, June 23, 2019 […]
6/14/2019
HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS: “We’re defending Medicare and Social Security for our great seniors. We’re eliminated — and we have eliminated Obamacare’s deeply unpopular individual mandate penalty. And you know how bad that was. Think of it: You paid a tremendous amount of money for the privilege of paying so that you don’t have to pay for […]
5/23/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are getting nothing done in Congress. All of their effort is about a Re-Do of the Mueller Report, which didn’t turn out the way they wanted. It is not possible for them to investigate and legislate at the same time. Their heart is not into Infrastructure, lower….. ….drug prices, […]
5/23/2019
ELECTION/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign believes he can turn Republicans’ biggest liability from last year’s congressional elections – the debate about the future of healthcare in America – into a winning issue for his reelection. That would have appeared highly unlikely just months ago, when Democrats seized upon the issue […]
5/20/2019
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PENNSYLVANIA/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Andy Mehalshick: “Mr. President, a big issue across commonwealth. Health care right now, Obamacare, and what — what’s next? What — What can we expect here in Pennsylvania?”] “Well, always, we are going to have preexisting conditions to be taken care of. We got rid of the individual mandate from Obamacare, which is […]
5/9/2019
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DanCrenshawTX: We reached a new low in deceitful politics today. The lies about protection for pre-existing conditions continue. This was one of the most shameful and dishonest bills passed in the House so far.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 9, 2019 8:35 pm […]
5/9/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGISLATION/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Returning to a central issue of the 2018 campaign, House Democrats on Thursday [5-9-19] passed legislation to reverse Trump administration rules that allow expansion of health care plans that do not have to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s mandated coverage of pre-existing medical conditions. The vote — 230 […]
5/9/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS: “For many years, drug companies gave foreign countries better deals than they gave our own country. Now we’re making sure that our great seniors share in the discounts given to other countries. And we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions, very importantly. The Republican Party will always protect patients with preexisting conditions… […]
5/8/2019
FLORIDA/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SENATE: “We’re vastly expanding affordable alternatives to Obamacare before we terminate it and replace it with something good once we take over the House, the Senate, the presidency together. And we will always protect patients with preexisting conditions. Always. The Republican Party will always protect patients with preexisting condition. People with preexisting […]
4/15/2019
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We will always be protecting preexisting conditions. Remember that. That’s number one. Very, very important.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Roundtable on the Economy and Taxes in Minnesota – April 15, 2019,” factba.se, April 15, 2019 […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats disagree sharply over where to take the nation’s health care system, but the infighting has eased — and for that they can thank President Donald Trump. The Trump administration’s renewed assault on Obamacare has quelled for the moment the simmering tensions over ‘Medicare for All’ between Democrats’ vocal progressive […]
4/3/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House voted Wednesday [4-3-19] to condemn the Trump administration for pushing a federal appeals court to obliterate the Affordable Care Act, and it urged the Justice Department to defend the law in court. The vote, 240-186, was nonbinding, but it documented the House’s support of the health […]
4/3/2019
ELECTION/MEDIA/MITCH MCCONNELL/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…This will be a great campaign issue. I never asked Mitch McConnell for a vote before the Election as has been incorrectly reported (as usual) in the @nytimes, but only after the Election when we take back the House etc. Republicans will always support pre-existing conditions!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/2/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “The Republican Party will be the champion of preexisting conditions. You have to do it. Some of you like it, some of you don’t, but you’re going to have to like. Not only for politics, it’s the right thing. We want to be the party of great health care. I am, right now, […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/CRIME/DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/POLICE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We have the border. We have, if you look at it, we have the immigration but we have a lot — we have the crime. We have the police. We have the military. We have so much. They have health care right now. We have to take that away from them. We take […]
4/1/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….back the House. It will be truly great HealthCare that will work for America. Also, Republicans will always support Pre-Existing Conditions. The Republican Party will be known as the Party of Great HealtCare. Meantime, the USA is doing better than ever & is respected again!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 […]
4/1/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signaled Monday [4-1-19] that congressional Republicans would wait until after the 2020 elections to vote on a GOP replacement for Obamacare — putting off a presumably savage legislative battle on a hot-button campaign issue until after his re-election bid…Trump claimed that the as-yet-unseen Republican proposal ‘will be truly […]
3/29/2019
HEALTHCARE/ROBERT MUELLER/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a rally in Michigan, President Trump misstated the findings of the special counsel investigation, misleadingly promised to protect patients with pre-existing conditions and falsely described funding for a restoration program for the Great Lakes. WHAT MR. TRUMP SAID: ‘By the way, we’re bringing a lot of those car companies […]
3/29/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS: “Healthcare is going well. Healthcare is going well. We are going to have a plan that’s so much better than Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster. We’re going to have a plan that is so much better than Obamacare. So the healthcare is going very well. And we’re going to take care of […]
3/28/2019
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Obamacare has been an absolute disaster… Hopefully, we’ll win at the appellate division and go to the Supreme Court to terminate Obamacare. The cost of Obamacare to people is far too much. The deductibility is ridiculous. It averages more than $7,000, meaning it’s unusable. So, Obamacare has been disaster. We […]
3/28/2019
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS: “We’re working on a plan now. There’s no very great rush from the standpoint. We’re waiting for decisions in the court. But we’ve already won the case against — for the termination of Obamacare — against Obamacare. Now we’ll go to the appellate division. We’ll see what happens there. I think we’ll […]
3/27/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump says the GOP is now the ‘party of health care.’ But Republicans have no real plan to deliver on that. Trump’s unexpected demand that Republicans take another crack at replacing Obamacare came on the heels of his Justice Department backing a lawsuit intended to gut the entire law. […]
3/27/2019
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “The only difference between now and the other administration is that we’re administering Obamacare very well. So we’ve made it better. But it’s still horrible, no good. It’s something that we can’t live with in this country because it’s far too expensive for the people, not only for the country, but I’m […]
3/27/2019
CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s surprise decision to press for a court-ordered demolition of the Affordable Care Act came after a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Monday, where the president’s acting chief of staff and others convinced him that he could do through the courts what he could not do […]
3/26/2019
ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s vague platitudes about “beautiful” and “very special” health care for everybody are not going to cut it in his 2020 re-election race — after he was left exposed on the most urgent issue in American politics. An ill-timed move by the Justice Department to back the invalidation […]
3/26/2019
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s decision to ask a federal appeals court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act has given House Democrats a new opening to pursue what they see as a winning political strategy: moving past talk of impeachment to put kitchen-table issues like health care front and center. The […]
3/25/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Monday [3-25-19] said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down, in a dramatic reversal. In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed with the ruling of a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the Obama-era health care law. […]
2/5/2019
HIV-AIDS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “A VISION FOR THE FUTURE: President Donald J. Trump wants to work with Congress to defeat the HIV epidemic in America, find new treatments for childhood cancer, and protect patients with pre-existing conditions… It is important that Congress continues to find ways to ensure that patients with pre-existing conditions are protected.” -White House, […]
12/17/2018
OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Texas judge’s stunning declaration that Obamacare is unconstitutional not only kneecaps the health care law, it would also cripple President Donald Trump’s entire health care agenda. Trump wants lower drug prices, drastic action on the opioid crisis and protection for people with pre-existing conditions. Those are the parts of the […]
12/14/2018
CONGRESS/COURTS/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As I predicted all along, Obamacare has been struck down as an UNCONSTITUTIONAL disaster! Now Congress must pass a STRONG law that provides GREAT healthcare and protects pre-existing conditions. Mitch and Nancy, get it done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 14, 2018 9:07 pm […]
11/5/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/OHIO/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/SENIORS: “The Democrat plan would obliterate Medicare and eliminate Medicare advantage for almost 900,000 Ohio seniors who depend on it. Republicans will protect Medicare for our great seniors who earned it and, by the way, who paid for it. They paid for it. And Republicans will always protect patients with preexisting conditions, always, always.“ […]
10/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICAID/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration Wednesday [10-31-18] granted Wisconsin’s request to impose work requirements in its Medicaid program — the first such approval for a state that has not fully expanded Medicaid. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican who is battling to keep his job, hailed the move. Health care has become […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans will protect people with pre-existing conditions far better than the Dems!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2018 10:28 am […]
10/31/2018
CENTRAL AMERICA/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As he barnstorms the country trying to help Republican allies, President Trump has offered voters this fall a litany of misleading statements and falsehoods that exaggerate even legitimate accomplishments and distort opponents’ views beyond the typical bounds of political spin. In the past couple of weeks alone, the president has […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TAXES: [Jonathan Karl: “You’ve been saying Democrats want to take away preexisting conditions. I mean, it’s your administration that’s supporting a lawsuit that would allow health insurance companies –-“] “No, but I want to replace preexisting conditions and I’ve always been there. What the Democrats are going to do is destroy our entire health […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Jonathan Karl: “You don’t really think Democrats want to do away with the requirement to cover preexisting conditions?”] “I don’t think they’re going to have a choice because it’s going to be so bad. So expensive and the health care is going to be terrible. I don’t think they’re going to have a […]
10/29/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I support terminating Obamacare, but if we terminated we will reinstitute preexisting conditions in whatever we do.“ -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Jonathan Swan and Jim VandeHei Interview Donald Trump – October 29, 2018,” factba.se, October 29, 2018 […]
10/25/2018
HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS: “Under this administration, we will always protect Medicare for our great seniors. And we will always protect Americans with preexisting conditions. Always.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Remarks: Donald Trump Discusses Drug Pricing at HHS – October 25, 2018,” factba.se, October 25, 2018 […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday {10-24-18] claimed that Democrats are threatening to endanger patients with pre-existing conditions while Republicans will protect them — an assertion at odds with his administration’s own persistent efforts to dismantle Obamacare…Public health experts say his claims are inaccurate, given his administration’s moves to roll back the […]
10/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 24, 2018 7:45 am […]
10/18/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump issued a warning to fellow Republicans to support coverage of pre-existing conditions with less than 20 days until the midterm elections…The tweet is in line with a familiar refrain from Trump’s recent campaign rallies and even dating back to his debates during the Republican primary. However, it’s not […]
10/18/2018
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions, and if they don’t, they will after I speak to them. I am in total support. Also, Democrats will destroy your Medicare, and I will keep it healthy and well!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2018 2:43 pm […]
10/17/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SOCIALISM/VENEZUELA: “We oppose efforts from Democrats to destroy your healthcare and to raid your Medicare to pay for socialism. And that’s what’s happening. You’ll end up with Venezuela. We totally support people with preexisting conditions. We have a tremendous level of talent, and we’re doing a lot of work on preexisting conditions. And Democrats […]
10/10/2018
GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We’re strongly protecting Americans with preexisting conditions. That’s a very important thing to Republicans — preexisting conditions. We are protecting Americans with preexisting conditions.“ -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Remarks: Donald Trump Signs Drug Pricing Legislation at the White House – October 10, 2018,” factba.se, October 10, 2018 […]
10/9/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “SENATE DEMOCRATS TAKE ON SHORT-TERM PLANS — All forty-nine Democrats, led by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, are mounting an unlikely effort to strike down the Trump administration’s rule expanding short-term, limited duration health plans. They’re trying to force a Senate vote on Wednesday to overturn the new rule, which became effective last […]
10/4/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are quietly preparing to launch a slew of investigations into the Trump administration’s health care moves if they retake the House in November, aiming to freeze the White House’s efforts to unravel Obamacare and probe the administration’s care of immigrant kids. The wide-ranging inquiries, coordinated across multiple committees, […]
10/2/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENIORS/SOCIALISM: “And we’re strongly protecting your Medicare. We oppose efforts from Democrats to raid Medicare to fund socialism, robbing seniors of their benefits. Medicare belongs to the seniors who have earned it and paid into it for their entire lives. They want to take it away — the Democrats. And we will always protect […]
9/21/2018
HEALTHCARE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a campaign rally in Las Vegas, President Trump said that he and Republicans ‘will protect patients with pre-existing conditions.’ But his Justice Department has said that those provisions under the Affordable Care Act should be overturned. THE FACTS This requires context. The Justice Department told a federal court in […]
9/21/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Frances Watson: “Should the Republicans hold onto the House in the Senate, you plan to move forward with any changes on health care? What can we expect?”] “100 percent, and we’re making it so it’s very — very much more affordable. And what we’ve actually done, we’ve really taken Obamacare apart. We are […]
9/21/2018
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “Republicans want to protect the safety for truly needy Americans, not for illegal aliens. We don’t want that — can’t afford it. I’d be nice. You can’t afford it. When it comes to health care, republicans will protect patients with preexisting conditions. They’re going to protect preexisting conditions. I will always protect preexisting […]
8/1/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration issued a final rule on Wednesday [8-1-18] that clears the way for the sale of many more health insurance policies that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act and do not have to cover prescription drugs, maternity care or people with pre-existing conditions. President Trump has said […]
8/1/2018
OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “President Trump’s new rules on short-term, limited-duration health plans will increase health insurance options for Americans… This rule does not modify any rules governing Obamacare plans (such as pre-existing conditions or essential health benefit requirements); it simply gives consumers another option.” -White House, “President Donald J. Trump’s Administration is Working to Provide […]
7/11/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/HOUSE OF REPS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Joe Donnelly knew his audience: Addressing a group of camouflage-clad union mine workers and retirees here last weekend, the Democratic senator trumpeted his efforts to protect their pensions and health care, asked attendees to raise their hands if they knew someone with a pre-existing health condition, and made not […]
6/19/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Millions of small businesses and self-employed people will be able to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act consumer protections under a much-debated rule released Tuesday [6-19-18] by the Trump administration. The rule is a far-reaching step by the administration to wield its regulatory powers to chisel away at […]
6/13/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tens of millions of people who get health insurance through their job could face waiting periods for coverage or find that specific medical conditions aren’t immediately covered if the courts back a request by the Trump administration to toss key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Most of the attention […]
6/7/2018
CONGRESS/COURTS/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department won’t defend major provisions in the Affordable Care Act and is asking a federal court to strike down key elements of the law, a new blow to the health law and the stability of the individual insurance market. The department, in a brief it filed Thursday [6-7-18] […]
3/8/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration rejected on Thursday [3-8-18] Idaho’s plan to allow the sale of stripped-down, low-cost health insurance that violates the Affordable Care Act… While rejecting Idaho’s plan in its current form, Ms. Verma encouraged the state to keep trying, and she suggested that, ‘with certain modifications,’ its proposal might be […]
2/20/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [2-20-18] released a proposal that would allow for the proliferation of less-comprehensive, cheaper health plans restricted under the Affordable Care Act, marking one of the most significant efforts by Republicans to roll back the Obama-era health law. The proposed rule would loosen restrictions on short-term insurance […]
2/15/2018
HEALTHCARE/HHS/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Alex M. Azar II, the new secretary of health and human services, said Thursday [2-15-18] that he would closely scrutinize a plan by Idaho to allow the sale of insurance that does not comply with the Affordable Care Act, an early test of how he will enforce a law he opposes. But he […]
1/4/2018
BUSINESS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is proposing changes that would let millions of small businesses and the self-employed buy health-insurance plans that don’t comply with all Affordable Care Act requirements, part of an aggressive move to undo the health law through regulatory action. The proposal would allow businesses that share geography or an […]
9/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “The Republicans’ latest effort to repeal large parts of the Affordable Care Act this year suffered a likely death blow Monday [9-25-17], when Sen. Susan Collins’s declared opposition left it without enough votes to pass. With no Democrats expected to support the legislation, Republican leaders can lose no more than two GOP votes […]
9/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Republicans pushing a last-ditch effort to topple the Affordable Care Act neared a critical deadline armed with changes to the bill’s text and a new Trump administration analysis aimed at winning over wavering senators… The updated version of the bill sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R., La.), circulating […]
9/23/2017
JOHN MCCAIN/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Saturday [9-23-17] morning lashed out at Senator John McCain of Arizona for breaking with him and opposing Republicans’ latest plan to roll back the Affordable Care Act, saying the senator had let his state down and been deceived by Democrats into abandoning a promise. In a series […]
9/22/2017
CELEBS/ENTERTAINMENT/HEALTHCAREPRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Jimmy Kimmel targeted President Trump in his latest monologue about health care, which he delivered on his late night show Thursday [9-21-17]… While the Graham-Cassidy bill would keep the requirement that insurance companies offer coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, states would be able to apply for waivers that would allow them to […]
9/21/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Opponents of a Republican plan to dismantle most of the Affordable Care Act are scrambling to ramp up a resistance campaign before a possible Senate vote next week on a bill many never expected would gain traction. With such a narrow window, consumer and other groups are seeking to pressure specific GOP senators […]
9/20/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I would not sign Graham-Cassidy if it did not include coverage of pre-existing conditions. It does! A great Bill. Repeal & Replace.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2017 06:07pm […]