The following article by Amber Phillips was posted on the Washington Post website September 21, 2017:

This post has been updated to include that Pence also said this: “But this legislation, Graham-Cassidy, as its authors have said, contains all the same protections for preexisting conditions as the President indicated.”
A major public flash point in Republicans’ efforts to repeal Obamacare is whether it will protect people with preexisting conditions. Continue reading “Mike Pence just settled it: Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill can’t guarantee protections for preexisting conditions”