Trump vows to force insurers to cover preexisting conditions
Public Health,Donald Trump,Barack Obama,Affordable Care Act,Obamacare
President Trump is promising to force insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions, which they are already required to do under Obamacare.
“Over the next two weeks I’ll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all preexisting conditions for all customers,” Trump told reporters Fright night at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
“That’s a big thing,” he added. “I’ve always been very strongly in favor. ”
The president also stated falsely his preexisting condition regulation was something that “has never been done before.”
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