Obamacare looking healthy for 2019, despite attacks
More insurers. Only a few huge price hikes. Even some premium decreases.
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More insurers. Only a few huge price hikes. Even some premium decreases.
The Trump administration's decision not to defend key provisions of the Affordable Care Act could deal Democrats a sizable win going into the midterm elections, handing a party already prepared to run on health care a cudgel to use against vulnerable Republicans.
Americans are very divided over the Affordable Care Act, but one piece that many support is the law's protections for those with pre-existing conditions.
The Trump administration's changes to health insurance are coming largely at the expense of millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions.
As many as one in two Americans has some kind of illness or condition that was, at one time, considered a pre-existing condition by insurance companies before Obamacare.