“President Donald Trump signed an order "PROTECTING PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS" so it's false to say "that he is trying to eliminate that protection.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 25 Sep 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts
What FactCheck.org found
Trump is trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which put such protections into place, and his recent executive order, on its own, doesn’t legally guarantee them.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 September 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 October 2020, 11 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
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