it's been eight years since Trump began campaigning to repeal the Affordable Care Act and if his debate answer is anything to go by he's still looking for something better just to yes or no you still do not have a plan I have concepts of a plan but Trump has already been president so let's take a look at his actual record on expanding access to healthcare 3 years into Trump's presidency the number of people who lacked health insurance Rose by over 2 million experts attribute that changed largely to his repeated attacks on the Affordable Care Act as for his successor Joe Biden saw the uninsured population decrease by almost 3 and2 million 3 years into his presidency according to newly relased Census Data experts say the main drivers of that change were bid expansion of insurance subsidies and pandemic era protections for Medicaid recipients but those historic gains might be in trouble see some pandemic era protections expired last year and more are set to expire at the end of 2025 if nothing's done experts expect the uninsured population to grow by millions so where do the two presidential candidates stand on ensuring that all Americans have access to health insurance Trump said he wants to replace the Affordable Care Act with something better but the changes he made to the law while in office resulted in more people without insurance kamla Harris on the other hand has pledged to continue Biden's agenda of strengthening the Affordable Care Act notably she wants to make pandemic era subsidies for private insurance permanent that would make Insurance more affordable for low and moderate income folks what health insurance policy do you want to see from the candidates let us know in the comments and follow capital and Main for more news