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Statement

In Callous, Politically-Motivated Move, Trump Puts Health Coverage for People with Pre-Existing Conditions at Risk

June 8, 2018
Health Care

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the Trump administration announcement that it will no longer defend the Affordable Care Act in court:

“The Trump administration put 130 million people at risk of losing their health coverage and care when it went to court last night to demand repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) protections for people with pre-existing conditions. The administration is now arguing that it is unconstitutional for the government to prohibit insurers from denying or dropping coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. If it prevails, we will return to the days when being a woman was a ‘pre-existing condition’ and insurers will once again be able to price health plans out of reach for those of us with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma or other health conditions, or deny us coverage altogether. The health individual insurance marketplace will become even more unstable and premium rate hikes will skyrocket, especially for women and seniors.

“The administration has a duty to defend the ACA, which is law. Abdicating that duty is just the latest in a long list of shameful, callous, politically-motivated moves to sabotage a law that has helped millions of families.

“This is yet another reminder that this President cares much more about partisan politics and corporate profits than the health and well-being of America’s moms, children, and families.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.