After years of trying to get rid of the ACA (Obamacare), Republicans have finally discovered that the voting public is serious about having pre-existing conditions covered in medical care. * Included among these, in addition to the President, are two Republican governors: Gov. Rick Scott of Florida and Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin. These two governors are actually in a lawsuit brought by 20 governors' Attorneys Generals trying to make the ACA illegal.
In fact one Attorney General Josh Hawley who is running for the Senate in Missouri is among those trying to get rid of the ACA.
Mr. Hawley is among a group of G.O.P. officials from 20 states who have brought a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. If the suit succeeds, the entire law, including its guarantees of affordable coverage for Americans with prior illnesses, could be eradicated. (The Trump administration has argued in court that most of the law should stand, but its pre-existing conditions protections, alone, should be invalidated.) Ms. McCaskill has been using Mr. Hawley’s participation in the suit as a central line of attack in her campaign, and has highlighted her personal experience with breast cancer.**
The big question is, do these Republican politicians mean it? Suppose they get elected. Will they still vote to protect pre-existing conditions, or is this just another Republican con job such as our president is famous for?
* https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/24/trump-pledges-to-protect-obamacare-pre-existing-conditions-as-midterms-loom.html
** https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/upshot/republicans-health-care-ads-midterms.html
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