Wonkbook: Donald Trump is about to face a rude awakening over Obamacare

By Steven Pearlstein After reiterating his promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he may keep two of the law's most popular provisions. One is straightforward enough — children up to age 26 being allowed to stay on their parents' plan. The other — preventing insurance companies from denying …   The latest economic and domestic policy from Wonkblog   President-elect Donald Trump and President Obama meet at the White House. (Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency) By Steven Pearlstein After reiterating his promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he may keep two of the law's most popular provisions. One is straightforward enough — children up to age 26 being allowed to stay on their parents' plan. The other — preventing insurance companies from denying coverage because of preexisting conditions — offers a perfect illustration of why Trump and most of the other Republicans critics of Obamacare don't understand the health insurance market. Read the rest on Wonkblog, or click below to learn more. ADVERTISEMENT   Chart of the day Roughly 100 million Americans did not vote this year. Christopher Ingraham has more. Top policy tweets Policy (BORING!) outsourced to Priebus + Pence. The Trump stuff, fomenting divisive mass movement and intimidating opposition, is Bannon's. — Will Wilkinson (@willwilkinson) November 14, 2016 Just for clarity, President-elect Trump ditching campaign promises that could never have been kept is evidence of cynicism, not moderation. — David Rennie (@DSORennie) November 14, 2016 It's not just opioids. We also have a hep-C crisis in rural America, and the cure is out of reach for many: https://t.co/93xhmewxxd — Dylan Scott (@dylanlscott) November 14, 2016 Most Recent Posts from Wonkblog Trump just dropped a big hint to the pharmaceutical industry Trump's health-care plan may help the drug and medical device industries. By Carolyn Y. Johnson  •  Read more »   How Donald Trump could change what it’s like to be a parent in America Providing for your kids may be a little different under Donald Trump. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   Why these rural, white, gun-owning guys didn’t vote for Trump Why everyone seemed to miss the Trump earthquake in white rural America. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   Researchers have found a surprisingly powerful effect of sleeping more We all know sleep has important effects. But it could also change how much money you make. By Ana Swanson  •  Read more »   The advertising decisions that helped doom Hillary Clinton In divvying their ad budgets, Clinton and her allies forgot a simple rule of presidential elections: You don't need more than 270 electoral votes to win. By Jim Tankersley  •  Read more »   Donald Trump is about to face a rude awakening over Obamacare Donald Trump's rhetoric on health insurance is about to face a shocking reality. By Steven Pearlstein  •  Read more »   About 100 million people couldn’t be bothered to vote this year Our voter turnout rate is a national embarrassment. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   Grubhub CEO says employees who act like Trump ‘have no place here’ "While demeaning, insulting and ridiculing minorities, immigrants and the physically/mentally disabled worked for Mr. Trump, I want to be clear that this behavior — and these views, have no place at Grubhub," CEO Matt Maloney wrote. By Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »   Trump’s win might blow up the Federal Reserve’s plans for next year Donald Trump's presidential victory has tossed new uncertainties into the carefully crafted plans of the Federal Reserve, complicating what was meant to be a slow-but-steady course to raise interest rates from historically low levels. By Jim Tankersley  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Democrats, don't pout: Let the dealmaking begin By Steven Pearlstein  •  Read more »   Donald Trump promised to rip up trade deals. TPP is the first casualty. The politics of President Obama's signature trade deal simply became too toxic By David Nakamura and Ylan Q. Mui  •  Read more »   Donald Trump and the end of history 2016 might really be our own 1914 By Matt O'Brien  •  Read more »   One of Trump’s big promises for his first day in office already seems out-of-date "The situation is the exact opposite from what Mr. Trump seems to be claiming." By Ana Swanson  •  Read more »           Share Wonkbook:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for a Wonkblog newsletter. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071