TrumpCare Fact Check Sunday Shows Edition

Another weekend, another set of false claims from Republicans regarding their TrumpCare bill. NBC News breaks down some of the false claims we heard from Republicans on the Sunday shows:

Claim: “The House bill will be ‘more affordable’ for those with pre-existing conditions: When NBC's Andrea Mitchell asked HHS Secretary Tom Price on ‘Meet the Press’ yesterday if Americans with pre-existing conditions will be able to afford coverage under the House bill, Price responded, ‘Absolutely. We think it's going to be more affordable as a matter of fact, Andrea.’”

Reality: “Those with pre-existing conditions who don't maintain continuous health insurance could pay more…. Health consultancy firm Avalere released an estimate Thursday showing that the $23 billion allocated by the new AHCA to help cover people with pre-existing conditions would only pay for 110,000 of them.”

As if that’s not enough: “States would have the option to get waivers from two of Obamacare's requirements: that insurers cover 'essential health benefits,' and that they charge the same price to everyone regardless of their health history. That would get rid of a key protection for people with preexisting conditions.”

Claim: “No one will be hurt by the House bill's provision to cut more than $800 billion from Medicaid: When House Speaker Paul Ryan was asked if anyone will be hurt here, he answered, ‘No, no, I don't, because I think the micro-management of Medicaid by the federal government. The Medicaid system isn't working.’”

Reality: “Millions of Americans who got health insurance through expanded Medicaid would no longer have that insurance.” The CBO report from March said that there would be “14 million fewer Medicaid enrollees by 2026.”

Claim: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney: “I think everybody will have coverage that is better than what they had under Obamacare.”

Reality: “Older Americans would have to pay more under the House bill than they do now: ‘Under current law, a 64-year-old can generally be charged premiums that cost up to three times as much as those offered to a 21-year-old. Under the legislation, that allowable difference would shift to five times as much unless a state chose otherwise. That change would tend to reduce premiums for younger people and increase premiums for older people," the Congressional Budget Office said.”