{"id":3096,"date":"2018-09-21T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/press\/fact-check-trump-lies-about-republicans-protecting-people-with-pre-existing-conditions\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:16:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:16:08","slug":"fact-check-trump-lies-about-republicans-protecting-people-with-pre-existing-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-check-trump-lies-about-republicans-protecting-people-with-pre-existing-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Trump Lies About Republicans Protecting People With Pre-Existing Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">At his Las Vegas rally last night, Trump <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/trump-lies-about-protections-those-pre-existing-conditions&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1537628493484000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJXKDPgMn0s5WHnPVdQwxm5-AjHg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/trump-lies-about-protections-those-pre-existing-conditions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that he and Republicans &ldquo;will protect patients with pre-existing conditions. We&#39;re going to do that.&rdquo; That couldn&rsquo;t be further from the truth. The reality is that Trump and Republicans are backing a lawsuit to <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/09\/19\/obamacare-midterms-republicans-pre-exisiting-conditions-793328&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1537628493484000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwoOEXblxF-ZG1cDfuEBrydpV-pg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/09\/19\/obamacare-midterms-republicans-pre-exisiting-conditions-793328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eliminate<\/a> the Affordable Care Act&rsquo;s protections for people with pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While Trump lies about his health care sabotage, Americans across the country live in fear that they won&rsquo;t be able to get the care they need:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:36pt;\">&ldquo;From having a pre-existing condition to staying on my parents&rsquo; healthcare until I was 26, the ACA allowed me to live my life to the fullest, and more importantly allowed me to live &#8211; period.&nbsp; We need to preserve and build on it so more people get the life-saving protection that I have received.&rdquo; &#8211; <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/opinion\/2018\/09\/the_affordable_care_act_helps_1.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1537628493484000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIX4cZBG5YnZ56gv8RmWNYF_Xj1Q\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/opinion\/2018\/09\/the_affordable_care_act_helps_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennsylvania resident with a pre-existing condition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:36pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kWANIX6FFjXhaauvjfTeo6iu1EdA1J6tS41es3Njb2KltPgETwSSe9Tkvi8HxD-DAO7dyEFCfffSGTsOManwqWIjTYFNZQX5KnDXsLYF44yC_3PQH5A_j79u1Uu1QGLjYEFUQEfq.jpg\" style=\"border:none;\" tabindex=\"0\" width=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:36pt;\">&ldquo;If you destroy protections for pre-existing conditions, you will leave me and all the kids and adults like me without care or without the ability to afford our care&mdash;all because of who we are.&rdquo; &#8211; <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/experts-set-to-advise-senate-on-kavanaugh-nomination\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1537628493484000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtDASq5gHVfHy9_EpIhJ0x67Vjrw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/experts-set-to-advise-senate-on-kavanaugh-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">13-year-old Jackson Corbin in his testimony against Kavanaugh<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:36pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:36pt;\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/405654-13-year-old-with-pre-existing-conditions-testifies-against&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1537628493484000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGke1fWrsi2BheqV_99Oq9glMF2uQ\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/405654-13-year-old-with-pre-existing-conditions-testifies-against\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lxr3vWaHxWEtir_IXKuaweeBUk0c_jd0GtPsXJ5_n3c1Kgbyungo3_3xnjJWtAmb0AQmc3c8dnWKOIZhHmKgzzY53MWsaLAO8MpZAgoBeLLCAMdS-W-2ywq9Spc587PjnOHrLWB-.jpg\" style=\"border:none;\" width=\"487\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At his Las Vegas rally last night, Trump said that he and Republicans &ldquo;will protect patients with pre-existing conditions. We&#39;re going to do that.&rdquo; That couldn&rsquo;t be further from the truth. The reality is that Trump and Republicans are backing a lawsuit to eliminate the Affordable Care Act&rsquo;s protections for people with pre-existing conditions. &nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FACT CHECK: Trump Lies About Republicans Protecting People With Pre-Existing Conditions - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-check-trump-lies-about-republicans-protecting-people-with-pre-existing-conditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-21T15:11:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:16:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kWANIX6FFjXhaauvjfTeo6iu1EdA1J6tS41es3Njb2KltPgETwSSe9Tkvi8HxD-DAO7dyEFCfffSGTsOManwqWIjTYFNZQX5KnDXsLYF44yC_3PQH5A_j79u1Uu1QGLjYEFUQEfq.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-check-trump-lies-about-republicans-protecting-people-with-pre-existing-conditions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-check-trump-lies-about-republicans-protecting-people-with-pre-existing-conditions\/\",\"name\":\"FACT CHECK: Trump Lies About Republicans Protecting People With Pre-Existing Conditions - 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