The House voted Thursday to bar the Trump administration from granting states some waivers to the landmark health-care law.
By Mike DeBonis Mike DeBonis Congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives Email Bio Follow May 9 at 6:38 PM House Democrats began making good on their campaign promise to shore up the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, passing a bill that would bar the Trump administration from granting states some waivers to the landmark health-care law.
Trump has vowed to run on health care and has said his campaign would present a plan to voters. Republicans, however, have failed to come up with an alternative to the law and there is no GOP effort in Congress to craft a replacement. The Trump administration and GOP lawmakers have defended the expanded ACA waivers as a way to allow states to lower insurance prices. But Democrats say the practical effect will be to allow the sale of less comprehensive plans that could leave Americans vulnerable to coverage gaps.
“The administration is giving insurers the green light to directly discriminate against people with preexisting conditions,” Pallone said. “It’s giving the green light for these plans to charge people with preexisting conditions more money. And it’s giving these plans the green light to refuse to cover any treatment that is related to someone’s preexisting condition.”
Democrats retorted that, under the Trump waivers, Americans with preexisting conditions could be forced into an untenable choice: “Either stay in your ACA plan and see your premiums rise as healthy people move to cheaper junk insurance,” said Rep. Tom Malinowski , “or sign up for a junk plan yourself and risk getting gouged when the services you need aren’t covered. You end up with a two-tier health-care system in America — one for healthy people and one for sick people.
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