President Trump
Donald John TrumpJoe Arpaio loses bid for his old position as Sheriff Trump blames opinion that Russia denigrates Biden: ‘No one is harder on Russia than I am’ Trump truncates executive orders over economy but will not yet report on Friday issued an executive order requiring health insurers to cover all pre-existing circumstances, something already enacted under the Affordable Care Act, which leaves its administration responsible for dismantling.
“Over the next two weeks, I will follow a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions for all businesses,” Trump said during a news conference at his Bedminster property in New Jersey. “That’s a big thing. I’ve always been very strong. We have to cover the existing circumstances.”
Trump claimed that such a move “has never been done before”, although insurance companies are already required to cover patients with pre-existing conditions under the Affordable Care Act, which was introduced in 2010.
Despite Trump’s incident that he will protect those with pre-existing circumstances, the Department of Justice argued in a Supreme Court briefing in late June that the entire Affordable Care Act should be invalid.
Reversing the law would remove health insurance coverage for about 20 million people. The effects would be felt even more sharply given the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected nearly 5 million people in the United States.
Trump has, in his first term, promised to unveil his own health care plan, though he still did so when he ran for office. In an interview late last month with Chris Wallace
Christopher (Chris) WallaceTrump places order requiring insurers to cover pre-existing circumstances. When will the truth in politics tell again? Trump lowers COVID-19 mortality rate in US MORE on “Fox News Sunday” Trump promised a comprehensive health care bill within two weeks. Two weeks later, he said it would probably be out within a month.
It was not immediately clear if the executive order called Friday was the same measure. Trump has run out of a number of executive orders in recent weeks as he seeks to fulfill parts of his agenda ahead of election day.
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