WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s Executive Order on health care:
“This Executive Order is yet another example of President Trump working relentlessly to sabotage the Affordable Care Act. By weakening coverage requirements on some plans, called association health plans, this order will destabilize health care markets and drive up insurance costs, particularly for older Americans and people with pre-existing conditions. Before the consumer protection measures guaranteed by the ACA, association health plans ripped off consumers and left hundreds of thousands of Americans with unpaid medical bills. This Executive Order will also permit insurance companies to move to expand the kind of short-term junk plans that don’t provide critical care for people when they need it most.”
“If he’s really serious about ensuring great, affordable health care for all Americans, the President should work across party lines to improve the Affordable Care Act, not try to sabotage it.”
