That means any changes to our current system must ensure both the continuity of coverage and the continuity of patient protection provisions for those with preexisting conditions.
The candidate will support reforms that ensure continuity of coverage and protect patients with preexisting conditions.
Occurrences
Evidence
Fitzpatrick said he would keep protections for pre-existing conditions, signed onto H.R. 6898, and stated that he would continue to fight for affordable, quality health care; the release also says he had voted against several attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act because changes must ensure continuity of coverage and patient protections.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Brian K. Fitzpatrick as a cosponsor of H.R. 6898 on 09/27/2018. The bill would maintain prohibitions on discriminatory practices based on preexisting conditions or health status and preserve coverage guarantees if the ACA individual mandate were invalidated.
On passage of the American Health Care Act, Fitzpatrick voted No. The House Clerk roll call records his vote against the repeal effort.
Assessments
The promise was to support reforms ensuring continuity of coverage and protecting patients with preexisting conditions, not necessarily to enact them. During the same term, Fitzpatrick voted against the American Health Care Act repeal effort and cosponsored H.R. 6898, legislation aimed at preserving preexisting-condition protections and coverage guarantees if ACA provisions were invalidated. These actions satisfy the promised support.