Covid will most definitely become a pre-existing condition, should the assault on the ACA be successful in the courts. As far as a "replacement plan" that will protect pre-existing conditions, exactly where and what is this plan? I hear certain people talking about it, but have yet to see any details show up in any written form, anywhere. Those of us who were fortunate to belong to a group health plan already had this protection, but prior to the ACA, tens of millions of others did not. I can't help but wonder, if those (or their family members) in a group plan, who have pre-existing conditions, had to actually personally bear the additional premium costs (instead of depending on those in the group plan who were healthy to carry them) had to bear the true costs of their pre-existing condition - would they care more about not repealing the ACA? I bet they would.
Did The ACA Create Preexisting Condition Protections For People In Employer Plans? | Kaiser Health News
"What we found out is what few people realize: Protections for preexisting conditions for most people with job-based insurance predated the ACA by more than a decade."