GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance’s call this week to roll back how the nation’s chronically ill are handled through Obamacare plans is sparking outrage from advocates who say the plan he floated could damage the protections that have been in place since 2010.
Vance, during a speech in North Carolina on Wednesday said the Trump campaign backs a plan to group chronically ill patients in insurance pools that are based on their elevated care risks, The Washington Post reported Friday.
The Affordable Care Act, however, ended the practice of forcing the chronically ill to purchase more expensive coverage through high-risk pool insurance and instead allowed new protections for people with preexisting conditions.
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