Permit states to create high-risk insurance pools for people with preexisting conditions.

Tim Scott · South Carolina · Republican

policy impact 0.70 specificity 0.85 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Encourage State High-risk Pools Preexisting conditions can make insurance for many people unaffordable or simply unavailable. High risk pools were functioning well in many states before ObamaCare–providing affordable coverage to those with preexisting conditions without raising premiums for everyone else. States should be permitted to create these pools again.

Scott supports allowing states to reestablish high-risk pools for people with preexisting conditions.

Health Care — U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina
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Evidence

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CMS says State Innovation Waivers have been available since January 1, 2017; states may apply under ACA section 1332; CMS lists a March 13, 2017 letter to states on section 1332 waivers and high-risk pool/state-operated reinsurance programs.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Current CMS materials reviewed in the lookback window show an active federal waiver pathway for states, including agency guidance tied to high-risk pool or reinsurance programs. This is partial delivery because it is a federal-approval waiver framework, not a broad statutory enactment of Scott's preferred high-risk-pool policy.

partial later_term

Section 1332: State Innovation Waivers | CMS
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Question: On the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017. Vote Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to. Scott (R-SC), Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Scott took a concrete later-term Senate vote to proceed to the ACA repeal-and-replace vehicle associated with state stability and high-risk funding mechanisms. This supports a serious effort badge, though later Senate action did not enact the legislative package.

partial later_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 167, 115th Congress - 1st Session
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. later_term A for effort

Scott supported later-term Senate action on the 2017 ACA repeal-and-replace vehicle that would have advanced state-based coverage mechanisms, but that package did not become law. A federal waiver pathway under ACA section 1332 later allowed states to pursue high-risk-pool-like or reinsurance approaches, but that was not a broad statutory enactment of Scott's promised policy and appears only loosely attributable to him. The promise therefore receives partial credit with later-term timing, plus an effort badge for his concrete Senate vote.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%