But the real peach arrived in a discussion of pre-existing conditions. Guaranteed protection thereof is one of the most popular parts of the Affordable Care Act. The Trump administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court in June calling for the ACA to be destroyed. This puts Trump—not to mention a bunch of Republican state attorneys general—on the side of removing protections for pre-existing conditions. However, Republicans also discovered this polls very badly, so despite what they are actually doing, they continually say they are committed to protecting coverage. This culminated with Josh Hawley, then actively suing to destroy Obamacare as Missouri attorney attorney general, pushing out ads during his Senate campaign touting his support for pre-existing conditions coverage. This was completely shameless, but Hawley is now a United States senator. The problem will not go away if and when Trump does. Continue reading.