McConnell: Entire Senate Supports Coverage Of Preexisting Conditions

Story Updated Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters that the entirety of the Senate supports coverage of preexisting conditions, even though the Trump administration’s Department of Justice recently argued to invalidate the ban on denying coverage for those with preexisting conditions as well as health underwriting. Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) called DOJ's stance “far-fetched” and rejected the notion that Republican lawmakers intended a broader swipe at the law when they repealed the...