>>> AND REPUBLICANS WILL ALWAYS PROTECT AMERICANS WITH
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE PROTECT YOU.
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. >> THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST
NIGHT IN HOUSTON PUSHING HIS
MESSAGE AHEAD OF MIDTERMS TO
BLUPT DEMOCRATIC ATTACKS.
LET’S LOOK AT PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS AND HEALTH COVERAGE.
ACCORDING TO THE KAISER FAMILY
FOUNDATION, MORE THAN 52 MILLION
NONELDERLY AMERICANS SUFFER FROM
A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
52 MILLION.
52 MILLION. FOR WHICH THEY COULD HAVE BEEN
DENIED HELPINGY EDIED HEALTH CAR
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WENT INTO
EFFECT.
EFFECT. DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, GENETIC
DISEASES, EPILEPSY, CANCER,
MENTAL ILLNESS AND MANY MORE.
JOINING ME NOW, NBC NEWS
POLITICAL REPORTER AND FACT
CHECKER JANE TIMM.
HER LATEST ARTICLE UP ON
NBCNEWS.COM GOES INTO ALL OF
THIS.
THIS. THIS IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE THIS IS
AT THE BASIS OF WHAT OBAMACARE
WAS.
WAS. PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN.
THEY GOT AMNESIA ABOUT WHAT LIFE
WAS LIKE BEFORE OBAMACARE IF YOU
HAD A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
TRUMP SAYS WE TOTALLY SUPPORT
PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. HOW DOES THAT STACK UP?
>> IT DOESN’T STACK UP, ALI.
WE SEE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT,
TRUMP’S LAWYERS DOWN IN TEXAS
ARGUING THAT THE COVERAGE AND
THE INSURANCE THAT THESE PEOPLE
WILL GET THROUGH PROTECTIONS OF
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS THROUGH
OBAMACARE, THAT’S ILLEGAL.
AND IF THEY SUCCEED IN THE
LAWSUIT, THESE PROTECTIONS ARE
TOAST.
TOAST. >> THEY’RE GONE, RIGHT.
REMEMBER, IT’S INSURANCE
COMPANIES THAT INSURE YOU.
THAT’S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
THERE’S ANOTHER CLAIM.
REPUBLICANS WILL ALSO PROTECT
PATIENTS WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. SIMILAR PROBLEM?
SIMILAR PROBLEM? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY SUPPORT THE
IDEA, KEEPING PEOPLE WITH
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS COVERED.
WHAT OBAMACARE DID WAS MAKE SURE
YOU COULD GET KOFLCOVERAGE AT TH
SAME RIGHT AS A HEALTHY PERSON.
BY SAYING YOU REALLY COULDN’T
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PERSON’S
HEALTH WHEN THEY WERE GIVING
THEM A PLAN.
EITHER DENYING THEM COVERAGE OR
CHARGING THEM SOMETHING SO
UNAFFORDABLE THEY COULDN’T A
AFFORD COVERAGE.
AFFORD COVERAGE. >> THE POLICY COST WOULD BE
GREATER THAN THE COST OF YOUR
HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE. >> IT COULD COST $20,000, IT
COULD COST $30,000.
PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GET
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE.
AND REPUBLICANS WITH THE PLANS
THAT THEY HAVE SAID IS A BETTER
REPLACEMENT FOR OBAMACARE.
THEY WEAKEN THESE PROTECTIONS.
THEY SAY YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO
CARE BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET
COVERAGE FOR YOUR PRE-EXISTING
CONDITION.
CONDITION. THE REPUBLICANS SAY IT WOULD
KEEP PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS GETTING CARE.
THEY WOULD GET CARE BUT YOU
MIGHT SEE A CANCER PATIENT WHO
BUYS A PLAN.
THE ONLY PLAN THEY CAN GET
DOESN’T COVER CANCER.
>> IF I WAS COMPLETELY HEALTHY,
COULD I PROBABLY PAY LESS FOR MY
INSURANCE BECAUSE IT DOESN’T
HAVE TO COVER ANYTHING THEY KNOW
IS ALREADY WRONG WITH ME.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> ALL RIGHT.
SO SOMETIMES PRESIDENT TRUMP
JUST SAYS THESE THINGS AND LETS
IT GO.
IT GO. IN THIS SPEECH, HE MENTIONED IT
A FEW TIMES.
HE SAID ON PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS, A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK IT’S NOT A VERY REPUBLICAN
THING TO DO.
IT IS NOW.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> THIS IS THE RICHEST CLAIM OF
THEM ALL.
THEM ALL. WHEN YOU HAVE THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IN TEXAS.
WHEN YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS WHO
HAVE VOTED DOZENS OF TIMES TO
GET RID OF OBAMACARE, WHEN THEIR
LEGISLATION THEY PROPOSE WEAKENS
THESE PROTECTIONS, IT’S A REALLY
RICH ONE TO ACCEPT.
THAT THEY’RE MORE THE PARTY OF
PROTECTING PRE-EXISTING
PROTECTING PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS THAN DEMOCRATS WHO
HAVE CONSISTENTLY CAMPAIGNED TO
KEEP THESE.
KEEP THESE. >> THERE MAY BE LOTS OF PROBLEMS
WITH OBAMACARE AND YOU MIGHT
HAVE BEEF WITH PEOPLE WHO
PROMOTED IT BUT THAT WAS
ACTUALLY AT THE CENTER OF IT.
>> IT’S PRETTY HARD TO REMEMBER,
REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF
SAVING HEALTH CARE AND SAVING
OBAMACARE AS IT IS, WHEN YOU
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