Leading up to the midterm elections, Democrats were unrelenting in their attacks on Republicans over the future of the ACA’s preexisting conditions policy. President Trump, in campaign rallies around the country, started declaring himself and the Republican Party the best on the issue of preexisting conditions. Josh Hawley (and others in GOP) campaigned saying that there was totally a plan to keep preexisting conditions in case this happened. The big question facing Republicans tonight is whether they will support legislation ensuring people with preexisting conditions continue to receive equitable health insurance coverage. After the news of the judge’s decision broke, presumptive incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi immediately declared her intention to protect people with preexisting conditions.

Source: Washington Post December 15, 2018 11:26 UTC