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A ‘Sick Joke’: Democrats Attack Health Secretary on Pre-existing Conditions Image

The following article by Robert Pear was posted on the New York Times website June 12, 2018:

Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, conceded that President Trump’s promise late last month that drug companies would come forward with “voluntary massive drops in prices” within two weeks might not be fulfilled by that deadline. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite, AP

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators blistered President Trump’s health secretary on Tuesday, telling him that the Trump administration’s efforts to undo health insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions made a mockery of the president’s campaign to rein in prescription drug prices.

The secretary of health and human services, Alex M. Azar II, told Congress that he would be glad to work with lawmakers on legislation — “alternatives to the Affordable Care Act, modifications of the Affordable Care Act” — to provide access to insurance for people with pre-existing conditions. Continue reading “A ‘Sick Joke’: Democrats Attack Health Secretary on Pre-existing Conditions Image”