Trump Order On Preexisting Conditions Blasted As Political Stunt

By Amy Lotven / September 24, 2020 at 10:37 PM
Legal experts and health care advocates immediately panned President Donald Trump’s executive order that declares it is U.S. policy to protect people with preexisting conditions if the Supreme Court rules in favor of his administration and GOP attorneys general, calling it a legally meaningless political stunt and saying if the president wanted to protect Americans he would drop the lawsuit. The pledge to protect Americans with preexisting conditions is one piece of the administration’s America First Health Care Plan rolled...


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