Fact-checking Trump’s preexisting conditions order boast: It’s literally what Obamacare already does
Posted on AllSides August 8th, 2020
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FACT CHECK
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is teasing the possibility of executive action to require health insurance companies to cover preexisting medical conditions, something that he says “has never been done before.”
It’s been done before.
People with such medical problems have insurance protection because of President Barack Obama’s health care law, “Obamacare,” which Trump is trying to dismantle.
A look at Trump's claim during a news conference Friday evening in Bedminster, New Jersey:
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