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Checked by FactCheck.org11 Aug 2020United StatesHealth
Donald Trump, President of the United States

“I’ll be pursuing a major executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover all pre-existing conditions for all customers. ... This has never been done before.”

FactCheck.org rated this: ACA Already Did That

FactCheck.org says: The Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to those with preexisting conditions or charging them higher premiums.

Donald Trump, President of the United States

“On distributing COVID-19 vaccines: "[O]ur great military ... they’ll be able to take care of this locationally and bringing it where it has to go very, very quickly. They’re all mobilized. It’s been fully set up.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates

FactCheck.org says: The administration still has a lot of planning to do, and the military will have just a “complementary role to the traditional vaccine distribution networks,” as the HHS official told us.