Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday announced that Donald Trump will sign an executive order declaring that it is the “the policy of the United States” that people with preexisting conditions will be protected.
However, Azar admitted on a call before Trump’s announcement that the order holds no legal weight. As the Daily Beast’s Sam Stein reported, Azar said the executive order would have no affect if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare and said it is merely a “defined statement of U.S. policy that people with preexisting conditions are protected.”
That policy that protects people with preexisting conditions is Obamacare, which bans insurance companies from denying coverage to those with preexisting conditions. Continue reading.