Dear Editor:

While the earlier version of Trumpcare was considerably worse than Obamacare, the new version of Trumpcare does not even include traditional affordable coverage for preexisting conditions. Coverage of preexisting conditions was promised by President Trump during his campaign. The result will be that many with preexisting conditions will be faced with unaffordable insurance costs causing them to go without insurance.

To fill the preexisting conditions healthcare void the new Trumpcare plan calls for "high risk pools" to be administered by individual states but the details of how well that would work for people having preexisting conditions seems vague and remain to be seen. If the administration wants to seriously cover preexisting conditions why not cover it as in earlier versions of Trumpcare or Obamacare?

This broken promise to traditionally cover preexisting conditions with affordable healthcare by Trump follows earlier claims that Trumpcare would provide better benefits, cover more people and be much less expensive, none of which are true. Under Trumpcare benefits are fewer, an estimated 25 million would loose their healthcare and the cost would be higher, not lower. Now the promise to traditionally cover preexisting conditions with affordable healthcare is the last to be broken.

If we are asked to choose between Trumpcare and Obamacare, which sounds better to you? Many have come to the conclusion that fixing Obamacare is the better choice. In a recent nationwide ABC poll only 37 percent believed that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced, down from a January poll. The more many people know about Trumpcare the more wary they are and the less they like it.

Jerry Topinka

Boothbay Harbor