I Will Bet Drew Altman $100 that ObamaCare ' s Preexisting Conditions Are Unpopular

The Trump administration announced it will argue in federal court that ObamaCare ’s preexisting-conditions provisions are unconstitutional. Supporters of the law, including many reporters, are beside themselves with glee.Republican fools! Everyone knows ObamaCare ’s preexisting-conditions provisions are the most popular part of the law! (Democrats, crush them!!)ObamaCare ’s supporters have this one exactly backward. The law’s preexisting-conditions provisions are not popular. They are wildly unpopular. Supporters of the law believe they are popular – and have fooled even Republicans into believing the same – because they have been drinking a strong brew of economic ignorance, shoddy polling, and bad journalism.In response to the Trump administration ’s announcement, Kaiser Family Foundation president Drew Altmanwrote:Protections for people with pre-existing conditions are hugely popular, and the administration may have handed Democrats their strongest health care weapon yet — because now they can make the case that the administration has gone to court to take away protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions.The case is also likely to drag on, so it could be the political gift that keeps on giving through 2020, even if it is eventually thrown out.The Washington Post’s Paige Winfield Cunninghamwrote:The Trump administration has given Democrats a generous political gift Preexisting conditions health coverage is very popular.President Trump has ...
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