Democrats launch health-care law rescue in face of Trump’s threat of repeal

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.

Obamacare was a complete piece of caca...if numb nuts in the liberal party would get off this garbage against Trump crap and work together this thing could be solved quickly. Especially if we removed their pay until its settled completely just as Trump takes no pay.

They have worn me down. I don’t even have the emotional energy to get upset about the impending loss of health benefits. I’m sure the GOP will make sure golfer’s ailments will be covered.

Obamacare is dead!

More anti-Trump nonsense that will go nowhere.... Pelosi leads nothing but her own self interest.... She keeps talking about the PEOPLE'S work and has no clue that most Americans know how pathetic she is..... She cares not about Americans.....

Nice - now ImpeachTheMF !

You meant demonRATs?

Whatever these theives, liars and lunatics put forth is ruinous HouseFloor HouseDemocrats they're nuts. They don't care about Americans at all. BuildTheWall

Anything passed by the House without Senate support is just political optics and posturing!!!

Ooooohhhhh. Finnaly , something interesting.

👏👏👍 Just great work

SaveACA

We need to get this healthcare straight otherwise it will only be for the rich in the future.

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