It is not hard to see the cruelty and incompetence in President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic: his repeated efforts to downplay the significance of COVID-19,…
It is not hard to see the cruelty and incompetence in President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic: his repeated efforts to downplay the significance of COVID-19, his badgering of state leaders trying to act responsibly, his refusal to wear a mask in public, his touting of risky miracle cures and his reckless campaign rallies, to name a few.
But perhaps nothing matches this: In the middle of America’s worst health crisis in more than a century, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court — yet again! — to strike down the Affordable Care Act.
Such an action would mean the end of health coverage for about 20 million people who buy insurance on exchanges created by the ACA. It would also deprive millions who have recently lost their employer-sponsored coverage of the option to purchase coverage on the ACA marketplaces.
The decade-old law, moreover, is the only thing that requires insurers to sell coverage to people with preexisting conditions, which likely will include many thousands who will have ongoing health issues from COVID-19.
