President Trump has said he will not sign a bill which does not protect those with pre-existing conditions. I'm a physician who worked in a public hospital for 25 years caring for those with pre-existing conditions.
People out there with pre-existing conditions, they are worried. Are they going to have the guarantee of coverage if they have a pre-existing condition or if they live in a state where the governor decides that's not a part of the health care, or that the prices are going to go up? That's the worry.
Here in Maine, we've expanded Medicaid, put protections in place for seniors and people with pre-existing conditions, cracked down on big drug companies and protected reproductive rights.
First of all, the Big Bang wasn't very big. Second of all, there was no bang. Third, Big Bang Theory doesn't tell you what banged, when it banged, how it banged. It just said it did bang. So the Big Bang theory in some sense is a total misnomer.
I don't know many people without pre-existing conditions.
Like half of Kentucky, my family has pre-existing conditions.
Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions.
As attorney general, I'm helping lead a national effort to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like.
Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.
I know how critical it is to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions have affordable insurance, and states are able to do that.
Under Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson, more people will have coverage, and we protect those with pre-existing conditions.
Pre-existing conditions for those previously insured must not lead to someone being unable to get insurance.
We need to work together to strengthen protections for pre-existing conditions and improve upon the gains made under the ACA, not tear it down.
We need to make sure pre-existing conditions are taken care of, but propping up Obamacare, a failing system, is not the way to do it.
Protecting those with pre-existing conditions was one of the greatest health care reforms in our country's history and must be protected at all costs.