Trump had spent the 2016 campaign vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. But Republicans still have two powerful reasons to pursue big changes in health care, whatever the potential political consequences. One of the ways the Affordable Care Act transformed American health care was by making sure working- and middle-class people could get private health insurance even if their employer didn’t provide health benefits, and even if they had pre-existing medical conditions. In that debate, he said he had "concepts of a plan" to replace the Affordable Care Act. The health care section of Project 2025, the governing manifesto from the right-wing Heritage Foundation, includes a block grant scheme.

Source: Huffington Post November 20, 2024 11:06 UTC