Speaker Mike Johnson said a Trump victory would allow Republicans to embark on a “massive overhaul” of the Affordable Care Act. He said the party wants to “take a blowtorch to the regulatory state.”
JD Vance seemed to back away from a proposal to separate healthy and sick people in insurance markets, which could cause major disruption for people with pre-existing conditions.
Former President Donald J. Trump once promised to replace Obamacare with “something terrific.” But as the 2010 law has become more popular, he has sounded less confident about a repeal.
A fierce battle with Georgia over a Medicaid experiment with stricter enrollment underscores the vast divide between parties over how to cover lower-income Americans.
After repeated attacks from Democrats, Donald Trump, who has often vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, said that if elected he would only improve it, without offering specifics.
The new regulation reverses a Trump-era policy that expanded access to health plans with fewer benefits than those sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.