In all honesty, it's impossible to keep up with Donald Trump's actions. During a worldwide pandemic, he is threatening to pull us out of the World Health Organization (WHO), fired another inspector general for inspecting his administration, and announced he is taking hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 even though the medical community advises against it. While all of these "developments" are important to U.S. citizens, they are also distractions, not only from his administration's inadequate response to the pandemic but from what his administration is quietly doing to American's health care.
Health insurance was a priority issue in the 2018 mid-term elections. It was endlessly debated during the Democratic primaries. Voters in 2020, according to polling, will again consider it to be one of their top issues. What voters cannot afford to ignore is that in the midst of the pandemic which has infected more than 1.5 million of us and killed more than 90,000, Donald Trump not only continues to attack the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without a replacement but has his administration arguing to repeal it before the U.S. Supreme Court.
According to the Urban Institute, eliminating the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would cancel health insurance for 21 million Americans. For the 133 million Americans with preexisting conditions (diabetes, cancer, pregnancy, etc.), repeal would again allow insurance companies to deny coverage due to those conditions. Repeal would also mean loss of coverage for prescription drugs and loss of coverage for more than 12 million Americans receiving coverage through Medicaid expansion. There's more.