The Fate of Obamacare’s Most Popular Provision
“This election cycle, the preexisting-conditions provision finds itself once again in the policy spotlight. Still beholden to old pledges and still involved in ongoing attempts to undermine or repeal the ACA, Republican candidates are facing the reality that the law’s preexisting-conditions component is political dynamite that could destroy the party’s chances in 2018. Now Republicans are scrambling to rebrand themselves as defenders of one of the most popular health-care reforms in the country—or at least, to give the appearance of doing so.”