Trump continues to falsely claim that Biden wants to “destroy protections for pre-existing conditions”

On Monday, October 12, at President Donald Trump’s first rally since he was hospitalized for the coronavirus, he continued to claim that Vice President Joe Biden would “destroy protections for pre-existing conditions.” This is a continuation of the claim he made at a campaign rally in Freeland, Michigan, where Trump claimed Biden, “will destroy your protections for pre-existing conditions.” Trump went on to say that he would himself preserve these protections. This claim is entirely false.

The Truth:

The protections for people with pre-existing conditions were created by the very Obama administration in which Biden served as vice president — as part of Obamacare, the 2010 law Biden has vowed to preserve and strengthen if elected President.

As reported by Daniel Dale at CNN…

Facts First: This is not only false but a complete reversal of reality. The protections for people with pre-existing conditions were created by the very Obama administration in which Biden served as vice president — as part of Obamacare, the 2010 law Biden has vowed to preserve and strengthen if elected President. Trump, conversely, has tried repeatedly to get bills passed that would have weakened these protections. He is now trying to get the entirety of Obamacare struck down by the courts.