Trump Health and Human Services nominee says pre-existing conditions should be covered

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services says he believes that pre-existing conditions shouldn’t bar access to health insurance.

Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia), an orthopedic surgeon, is Trump’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services. He told the Senate Finance Committee today that he believes people with pre-existing conditions should have access to healthcare, according to a Reuters report. However, Price didn’t specify how that would work.

Price told the committee that “nobody ought to be priced out of the market for having a bad prognosis.”

“I commit that we will not abandon individuals with pre-existing illness or disease,” he said.

Find out the illnesses considered a pre-existing condition here.

Under the Affordable Care Act, people cannot be denied insurance because of pre-existing conditions. The possible removal of that guarantee with the ACA’s repeal has been a point of contention with Democrats.