28 November 2016 - What will happen if President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress carry out their pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 health reform law? 

By most estimates, up to 22 million people, many of them poor or older Americans, will lose their health insurance.

Mr. Trump seems to recognise this would be disastrous — to an extent. Since the election, he has said that he wants to keep the part of the law that prohibits insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions. Without this provision, insurers can deny those customers coverage, charge them exorbitant rates or refuse to cover treatment for those conditions.

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