Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has shared some details about the Trump-Vance campaignās health care plan, and it appears to allow insurers to charge more for preexisting conditions.
Vance gave details on NBCāsĀ Meet the Press on Sunday, where heĀ toldĀ Kristen Welker that Donald Trumpās plan involves āderegulating insurance markets, so that people can actually choose a plan that makes sense for them.ā
This would appear to roll back some of the Affordable Care Act, which got rid of insurance companiesā ability to deny coverage based on preexisting conditions. Prior to President Obamaās legislation, it was difficult to get affordable health care coverage except through Medicare, Medicaid, or employer-based plans. While health care plans were available outside of that, insurers sought profits by weeding out people likely to require medical care.
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Itās so crazy that anyone aside from the people who own insurance companies thinks things were better before the ACA. I had a friend who got bone cancer and had a leg amputated at 17. For that type of cancer, itās nine years before they consider you in full remission, so he was essentially uninsurable for nine years because of the pre-existing condition.
There were people who had insurance that covered almost nothing because thatās all they could afford - the ACA got rid of plans that didnāt actually provide a benefit.
Our healthcare system is really, really terrible, but itās so much better than before the ACA.
Itās actually worse than that.
A very large number of people are sitting in their trailers, drinking a PBR, and thinking that repealing Obamacare is a good thing because they got their insurance through the ACA.
Yep, exactly. And Republican talking points encourage that kind of ignorance.
Create that type of ignorance with their arrogance.
your first sentence sounds like itās saying the opposite btw
Iām not understanding. Iām saying there are people who think things are better now, and I think thatās crazy - the only ones who legitimately had it better before are insurance companies, who could just cancel you if you were costing them money.