OBSERVE: GOP candidates: we will defend coverage for pre-existing conditions
OBSERVE: GOP candidates: we will defend coverage for pre-existing conditions
OBSERVE: GOP candidates: we will defend coverage for pre-existing conditions
Transcription for Candidates for the Republican Party: we will defend coverage for pre-existing conditions
And an important reality check for many of you who are inundated with political announcements. Surveys show that medical care is the main concern. And a new poll that shows that 53% is in favor of Obamacare. Showing many candidates fighting, trying to argue that they are the ones fighting to save coverage of pre-existing conditions. Here is Mary Bruce, it is the state of the race, with 11 days remaining. Reporter: Listen carefully. The Republicans who voted to repeal the Obamacare that protects people with pre-existing conditions now claim to embrace the popular disposition. I am fighting to protect pre-existing conditions. Fighting for those with pre-existing conditions. Everyone agrees that we are going to protect pre-existing conditions. Reporter: The president triumphed tweeting this week, Republicans will fully protect people with pre-existing conditions. The democrats will not do it. But that's not true. Still, this is what Trump said when he came to support the Republican here in Missouri. Josh Hawley will always protect pre-existing conditions. Reporter: Hawley said that for him this matter is personal. My wife and I have a child, our 5-year-old son, who learned that this year he has a condition of the hip, bones and joints that is a pre-existing condition. Reporter: But Hawley, who is currently the Missouri attorney general, joined a lawsuit to nullify Obamacare that destroys protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Then what is? Do you support these protections or do you want to get rid of them? I want to get rid of Obamacare. And I want to have the protections without Obamacare. Reporter: If you want to keep these protections, however, will you remove your name from that lawsuit? No, because I want to get rid of Obamacare. The demands on - Reporter: Although Obamacare maintains those protections. Obamacare is, look, it's raising the cost of health insurance. Reporter: Your opponent, Claire Mccaskill, is struggling to hold on to her seat. I would like everyone in the room to get up if they have a pre-existing condition or have someone you love who has a pre-existing condition. Stand for a minute. Reporter: We asked the senator about her opponent. He insists that he will protect people with pre-existing conditions. Even if he remains in favor of this demand. It does not make any sense. Reporter: Are you lying? Yes, of course it is. There are no pre-existing conditions that are independent, that will enter and save the day. Mary, back from Missouri, and President Obama recently faced the Republicans who voted against Obamacare when he was president. Now saying that they are the ones who try to protect pre-existing conditions. He called them. Now that it's the election season, these same Republicans are posting millions of dollars in ads across the country that say we're going to protect pre-existing conditions. The former president was enthusiastic about this, because he was on the receiving end of years of efforts to repeal Obamacare. Reporter: We have heard from voters that health care is their number one problem. And President Trump earlier this week took steps to undermine the law, a measure that would allow states to approve low-cost health care plans that protect fewer pre-existing conditions. Thank you. And the Dow losing almost 300 points today, closing in
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