Much to the White House’s credit, President Trump is supporting Sen. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee’s proposal to add more health insurance choices to the Senate health care bill. The Cruz/Lee proposal also might exclude some of the Affordable Care Act’s protections for pre-existing conditions.
On Sunday, White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told Fox News, “We support Senator Cruz and Senator Lee’s efforts — this is similar to efforts that transpired in the House, and we think that it’s perfectly appropriate, his amendment; we hope it’s part of the process of bringing everybody together.” That comment by Short flies in the face of some GOP senators who were flustered by Cruz’s pitch to alter ACA’s pre-existing condition protections; one Senate GOP aide said many Republican senators were “surprised and pissed” because they had agreed not to alter the protections. Another aide added, “No matter how narrowly-proposed, wading into pre-ex is not just a ‘No,’ it’s a ‘Hell No’ for the vast majority of the Senate GOP.”
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