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AFSCME stated on June 18, 2020 in an attack ad:
Says John James "wants to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.”
By Clara Hendrickson• July 22, 2020
Alex Azar stated on July 09, 2020 in comments made during a virtual summit sponsored by The Hill newspaper:
“First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.”
By Julie Rovner• July 14, 2020
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in in comments during the first presidential debate:
“There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.”
By Victoria Knight• October 1, 2020
Jon Hoadley stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV ad:
Upton “voted a dozen times to kick thousands of Michigan families off their health insurance and eliminate protections for preexisting conditions”
By Clara Hendrickson• October 28, 2020
Troy Balderson stated on October 20, 2018 in a television interview:
"A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers."  
By Stephen Koff• October 30, 2018
Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his State of the Union address to Congress:
"Our new (health care) plans are up to 60% less expensive and better" than Obamacare.
By Julie Appleby• February 10, 2020
Lindsey Graham stated on October 13, 2020 in in comments during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“Under the Affordable Care Act, three states get 35% of the money, folks. Can you name them? I'll help you: California, New York and Massachusetts.”
By Phil Galewitz• October 28, 2020
Haley Stevens stated on September 29, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Eric Esshaki “would allow insurance companies to kick people with a preexisting condition off their plans in the middle of a pandemic, including over 100,000 Michiganders who have survived COVID-19.”
By Clara Hendrickson• October 8, 2020
Georgians Together stated on September 23, 2014 in television attack ad:
David Perdue "proposes rolling back the clock on women’s health care."  
By Nancy Badertscher• October 1, 2014
Donald Trump stated on January 13, 2020 in a tweet.:
"I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your healthcare."
By Shefali Luthra• January 15, 2020
Theresa Greenfield stated on October 22, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Joni Ernst "supports the lawsuit that's headed to the Supreme Court that will” repeal the Affordable Care Act.
By Caleb McCullough• October 31, 2020
Chris Coons stated on May 14, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.":
Obamacare granted "the protection against preexisting condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer."
By Julie Rovner• May 21, 2019
Chris Jacobs stated on October 21, 2020 in a debate:
"I am for protecting pre-existing conditions. … I actually co-sponsored legislation to do just that."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 30, 2020
Daniel Lipinski stated on February 14, 2020 in a TV interview:
Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.”
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• February 23, 2020
Joe Biden stated on October 09, 2020 in a TV campaign ad:
Says Donald Trump “is pushing to slash Medicare benefits."
By Stephanie Stapleton• October 23, 2020
Kevin Cramer stated on October 26, 2018 in U.S. Senate debate:
"Protections on pre-existing conditions have been there since the 1970s."
By Manuela Tobias• November 1, 2018
Dave Brat stated on March 17, 2015 in a written statement.:
Repealing Obamacare saves "our nation more than $2 trillion."
By Warren Fiske• April 13, 2015
Tony Evers stated on November 01, 2018 in a public forum:
Says Walker "wants to get rid of" students’ ability to stay on their parents’ health insurance.
By Eric Litke• November 2, 2018
Tom Malinowski stated on October 03, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance voted repeatedly "to let insurance companies charge more to people aged 50 and over."  
By Stephen Koff• October 9, 2018
Keith Ellison stated on January 05, 2017 in a tweet:
"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."
By Louis Jacobson• January 12, 2017

Articles (105)

GOP candidates' criticisms of ACA premiums leave out key pieces of health care puzzle

By Samantha Putterman• December 8, 2023

How Obamacare, Medicare and ‘Medicare for All’ muddy the campaign trail

By Shefali Luthra• May 13, 2019

‘HealthBent’: What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away?

By Julie Rovner• December 16, 2019

Does Conor Lamb support mice more than Medicare?

By Colin Deppen• September 26, 2018

Based on past practice, COVID likely to be pre-existing condition if federal protections are removed

By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 7, 2020

What to know as the ACA yet again heads to the Supreme Court

By Julie Rovner• November 9, 2020

Biden's health care speech gets the figures mostly right

By Victoria Knight• November 10, 2020

Team Trump says administration’s action on health care ‘is working.’ Is it?

By Shefali Luthra• January 13, 2020

Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA, again

By Julie Rovner• June 17, 2021

Could Obamacare repeal cost California 200K jobs?

By Chris Nichols• January 12, 2017

What's in the COVID bill for health insurance and the ACA?

By Emmarie Huetteman• March 9, 2021

Fact-checking the final U.S. Senate debate between Joni Ernst and Theresa Greenfield

By Caleb McCullough, Julia Shanahan• October 16, 2020

Jason Conger and Monica Wehby tangle over Obamacare

By Dana Tims• April 23, 2014

Back to the future: Trump’s history of promising a health plan that never comes

By Victoria Knight• August 13, 2020

Without Obamacare, what happened to kids like Jimmy Kimmel's son?

By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2017

Donald Trump's promises Kept, Broken, Stalled as he visits Wisconsin

By Mica Soellner• January 13, 2020

Tom Cotton on the Truth-O-Meter

By Jon Greenberg, Julie Kliegman• October 10, 2013

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s CNN drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2020

What do GOP efforts to undo Affordable Care Act mean for pre-existing conditions?

By Amy Sherman• November 12, 2019

Fact-checking the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention

By PolitiFact Staff • August 19, 2020