Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has shared some details about the Trump-Vance campaignā€™s health care plan, and it appears to allow insurers to charge more for preexisting conditions.

Vance gave details on NBCā€™sĀ Meet the Press on Sunday, where heĀ toldĀ Kristen Welker that Donald Trumpā€™s plan involves ā€œderegulating 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 Obamaā€™s 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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    2 months ago

    Itā€™s so crazy that anyone aside from the people who own insurance companies thinks things were better before the ACA.

    Itā€™s actually worse than that.

    In the survey, 35 percent of respondents said either they thought Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act were different policies (17 percent) or didnā€™t know if they were the same or different (18 percent). This confusion was more pronounced among people 18 to 29 and those who earn less than $50,000 ā€” two groups that could be significantly affected by repeal.

    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.