pre-existing conditions if he s successful. republicans are trying it. across the country as democratic candidates run on protecting the remaining parts of the affordable care act with people with pre-existing conditions, republicans are responding by claiming that they too will protect your health care while also suing to end pre-existing conditions coverage, threatening to kill the entire affordable care act if they hold onto congress, and now openly admitting that they plan to cut social security and medicare and medicaid to pay for the deficits they created with their massive tax cuts for the rich. joining me, david k. johnson, journalist and author of it s even worse than you think and bruce bower. i m going to play a mash-up of republican ads in which they claim they will protect pre-existing conditions. we must protect america s health care system. that s why i m taking on both parties and fighting for those with pre-existing conditions.