AP FACT CHECK: Kimmel's take on health care harder to refute
AP FACT CHECK: Kimmel's take on health care harder to refute
WASHINGTON — Who's right — President Donald Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, or late-night host Jimmy Kimmel?
None has really captured the complexity of the debate over who might lose insurance protections in the latest Republican health care bill. But of the three, the TV guy is the hardest to refute.
Trump insists in a tweet that the bill covers pre-existing conditions, a point also made by Cassidy, a sponsor of the legislation. But there's a catch. It allows states to get a waiver from "Obamacare" requirements that insurers charge the same to people with health problems as they do to healthy people.
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WASHINGTON — Who's right — President Donald Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, or late-night host Jimmy Kimmel?
None has really captured the complexity of the debate over who might lose insurance protections in the latest Republican health care bill. But of the three, the TV guy is the hardest to refute.
Trump insists in a tweet that the bill covers pre-existing conditions, a point also made by Cassidy, a sponsor of the legislation. But there's a catch. It allows states to get a waiver from "Obamacare" requirements that insurers charge the same to people with health problems as they do to healthy people.
READ MORE: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/ap...
Trump insists in a tweet that the bill covers pre-existing conditions, a point also made by Cassidy, a sponsor of the legislation. But there's a catch. It allows states to get a waiver from "Obamacare" requirements that insurers charge the same to people with health problems as they do to healthy people.
Do you think the states can handle this health problem with a smaller health pool?