Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' | TheHill - The Hill

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House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiHoyer: House should vote on COVID-19 aid — with or without a bipartisan deal Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme Court McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE (D-Calif.) on Thursday took aim at an executive order from President TrumpDonald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE which he has claimed will ensure coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

“President Trump’s bogus executive order on pre-existing conditions isn’t worth the paper it’s signed on. It is an insult to every family with someone with a pre-existing condition that President Trump thinks he can get away with this farce while he races a justice onto the Supreme Court to strike down the lifesaving protections enshrined into law by the Affordable Care Act,” Pelosi said in a statement.

“For his entire Administration, President Trump has used every tool and every chance he gets to weaken or rip away protections for people with pre-existing conditions," she continued. "If President Trump cared at all about people with pre-existing conditions, he would drop his lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act in the middle of a pandemic."

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The president and the White House have argued that the order will protect people with pre-existing conditions. However, while the White House has not released the text of the order, it has said it states that protecting those people is the government’s policy, which does not have force of law in and of itself. The administration has also continued to back a lawsuit that would undo the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, including its protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

“Democrats will continue our fight to defend and strengthen pre-existing condition protections from Congress to the Courts,” Pelosi added.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe BidenJoe BidenBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Democratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida Harris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle MORE similarly blasted the order Thursday.

“They are arguing to strip millions of Americans of health care in the middle of a pandemic,” Biden wrote in a tweet. “We can't let him win.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck SchumerChuck SchumerCruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Senate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Schumer interrupted during live briefing by heckler: 'Stop lying to the people' MORE (D-N.Y.) expressed similar sentiments, also invoking the ongoing lawsuit.

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President Trump is lying to you about his “executive order.”

Protections for pre-existing conditions are the law.

The threat to these protections is from President Trump and the Republicans suing to end them.

We’re fighting to stop it.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 25, 2020

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