The Trump administration continues to sabotage Obamacare

BREAKING: Trump aims severe blow at ACA, says payments for insuring sicker individuals (called risk adjustment) will not be paid for prior years.

This is aggressive and needless sabotage of the ACA. Impact likely chaos.

I have more details. Follow here if interested. 1/

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 7, 2018

Even Trump’s HHS stated in the case in question that what is happening would be “disruptive for insurers, policyholders and state insurance markets.”

That apparently is exactly what those in (what I assume we will learn to be) the White House wanted. 4/ pic.twitter.com/8o4cMCcWXo

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) July 7, 2018

Insurers predict 'market disruption' after Trump suspends Obamacare risk payments https://t.co/HjgJjXXAKa pic.twitter.com/KKqX9RvRlY

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 8, 2018

Before this @POTUS took office, health care premiums in ACA exchanges were stabilizing. Forecasts were positive. He has done everything he can since then to boost premiums and blow the markets up.
https://t.co/tn0pDtyvQi

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) July 8, 2018

The public perception of Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) continues to improve:

As @aterkel writes, Dems are treating the ACA as an asset this campaign cycle: https://t.co/rd1PjgmcDY

Somewhat relatedly, ACA net favorability in July of
2010: -6
2012: -6
2014: -11
2016: -4
2018: +8https://t.co/KIRi271jPp

— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) July 5, 2018

update 7/10:

Republicans taking more steps to destroy stable health care system. Pushing rates up. Insurance companies once again able to deny you coverage or charge you outrageous premiums because you have a pre-existing condition. Upcoming elections about this. Vote. https://t.co/ebBocs926p

— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) July 8, 2018

EPA is blocking the release of a study on a cancer-causing chemical

Pruitt appointees did this. Sad!

EPA is blocking the release of a report that shows most Americans inhale enough formaldehyde vapor to be at risk for cancer and other ailments https://t.co/DpPVGlhY7t

— POLITICO (@politico) July 6, 2018

From the article “The EPA officials told Politico that Trump appointees have canceled key briefings that would have advanced the study and placed undue requirements on officials who would begin the required internal review of the formaldehyde study.
“They’re stonewalling every step of the way,” the current official said.”

Don’t forget Flint

150,000 bottles of water (3 semi-truck loads + 2 uhauls) handed out today in Flint in under 3 hours.

Flint has been without clean water for 1,521 day #FlintWaterCrisis pic.twitter.com/Dj3Xg6XvpW

— Mari Copeny (@LittleMissFlint) June 23, 2018

update:

Flint Ain’t fixed!💧 All the pipes are not fixed, Governor Snyder is not a provider he cut off the water distribution sites! FLINT AIN’T FIXED! #Share! spread the word! https://t.co/Qq37I8GROn

— ClaressaT-rexShields (@Claressashields) July 5, 2018

update 7/12

It has been four years since the Flint water crisis made national headlines and residents are fighting for compensation from the government https://t.co/Abnkvkt6yh pic.twitter.com/QucsFA6ksy

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 12, 2018

About a million people dropped health care because of cost

“According to a new government report, about a million people appear to have been priced out of the market for health insurance last year.” according to this article:

A new report looks at people who buy their own insurance but don’t qualify for federal subsidies under Obamacare https://t.co/kLEAtCvw6c

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) July 3, 2018

The Trump administration is proposing a reduction in public health professionals

White House is proposing to reduce by nearly 40% the uniformed public health professionals who deploy during disasters and disease outbreaks, monitor drug safety and provide health care in some of the nation’s most remote and disadvantaged areas https://t.co/cloEFD4oLm

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) June 28, 2018

62% view Planned Parenthood favorably

62% view Planned Parenthood favorably (Gallup) https://t.co/O7IQyVzG7K

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) June 27, 2018

The public wants to keep coverage for people with pre-existing conditions

The Trump administration wants to eliminate guaranteed coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. The public opposes this but that won’t stop them.

Trump said he would protect people with pre-existing conditions but that’s another lie.

ICYMI
65% of voters say a candidate’s support for continued protections for people with pre-existing health conditions is either the “single most important factor” or “very important” to their vote in the midterm elections (@KaiserFamFound) details: https://t.co/v9PCp9JRMW pic.twitter.com/3IaOBlSS6o

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) June 27, 2018

NEW: The Trump Administration has targeted the elimination of pre-existing condition protections through the courts.

Here’s what it means. Consider circulating. pic.twitter.com/PBWP5RWFKN

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) June 26, 2018

Today, I and 47 other senators are calling on President Trump to abandon his administration’s latest efforts to take the guarantee of health care coverage away from more than 133 million Americans with pre-existing conditions – including 7.8 million in Florida. pic.twitter.com/IGlfHL5QUt

— Senator Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) June 26, 2018

"It’s hard to imagine anyone fighting to return to a system that left many people with pre-existing conditions unable to buy health insurance… but that’s exactly what many Republican-led states and the Trump administration are doing."https://t.co/tFD0Td3EbZ

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 25, 2018

Trump promised during the campaign that he'd keep those protections.

"A bipartisan group of governors blasted President Trump for his decision to argue that ObamaCare’s protections for those who have pre-existing condition should be overturned." https://t.co/ncjT0b8KzA

— Barry Wile (@BarryWile82) June 19, 2018

“During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to protect people with pre-existing conditions like cancer or diabetes… That was a lie. Now he's trying to strike down the protections he once called ‘one of the strongest assets’ of Obamacare.”https://t.co/tipjj5CVCl

— Ways and Means Dems (@WaysMeansCmte) June 15, 2018

100% agree. Also, if ins cos are able to discriminate again based on pre-existing conditions, upcoding is going to screw regular people, who'll have pre-existing conditions that inflate their healthcare premiums. https://t.co/t6It3bMgF9

— rajkmd (@rajkmd) June 18, 2018

By embracing a lawsuit that would end the ACA’s popular protections for people with pre-existing conditions, the Trump Administration has given Democrats a potential campaign weapon for the midterms, writes @DrewAltman in @axios https://t.co/1e2qwzaYRk

— Kaiser Family Foundation (@KaiserFamFound) June 11, 2018

Americans’ healthcare concerns

Soaring costs, loss of benefits top Americans' healthcare worries: Reuters/Ipsos poll https://t.co/pKTMb4LImd pic.twitter.com/BaacftbfBA

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 15, 2018

More than 60% of American children were enrolled in CHIP or Medicaid for some part of 2017

More than 60 percent of American children were enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP for some part of 2017. https://t.co/7LKaABvlu8

— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 13, 2018

The House voted to cut CHIP funding and I would not be surprised to see them cut Medicaid. They’re more concerned about tax cuts for rich people. Sad!

The Trump administration wants to eliminate mandatory coverage for pre-existing conditions

The most popular feature of Obamacare may be requiring insurance companies to offer coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. I’m sure we all have pre-existing conditions or a family member or friend who does. Now the Trump administration wants to eliminate that requirement. They claim it’s unconstitutional.

Here’s a poll that shows how popular it is, even among Republicans:

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Do you think health insurance companies should be required to provide insurance to people with pre-existing conditions?
more: https://t.co/JkINBm2dAB pic.twitter.com/lvqAYpC9Ab

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) June 10, 2018

some tweets:

For years Republicans said they would protect people with pre-existing conditions. They lied.

Instead, the Trump admin is saying it's unconstitutional to stop insurance companies from denying coverage for people who are sick or who have ever been sick. https://t.co/VBwY6lIhEw

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 8, 2018

Insurer lobby group weighs in on Obamacare individual mandate case https://t.co/dEoHn0AB98 pic.twitter.com/IC2twzsthB

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 9, 2018

It is completely false that repeal and replace was done except for one vote. The House and Senate were nowhere near agreement on a replacement; the Senate’s so-called skinny repeal failed by just one vote. But they would have had to still go to conference. https://t.co/NBWyEDoSVZ

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 4, 2018

This is not a slippery slope. It is a ski jump into lawlessness. My latest https://t.co/vqAeBhd1dR

— Ruth Marcus (@RuthMarcus) June 8, 2018

Trump says of the individual mandate in health care: “Who would think of that? Who would think of it?” Uh, the Heritage Foundation, among others on the right.

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 30, 2018