Trump Pledges Again to End Obamacare

[applegrove]

Trump Pledges Again to End Obamacare

November 25, 2023 at 11:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 57 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/11/25/trump-pledges-again-to-end-obamacare/

"SNIP..........

Donald Trump said on Truth Social he is “seriously looking at alternatives” to the Affordable Care Act if he returns to the White House

Said Trump: “We had a couple of Republican Senators who campaigned for 6 years against it, and then raised their hands not to terminate it. It was a low point for the Republican Party, but we should never give up!”

.........SNIP"

[Silent Type]

1. I don't mind anyone looking at viable alternatives to ACA. But can't imagine trump's ideas-- Bleach,

bright lights up our rears, etc.

[applegrove]

2. Republicans want americans dead. That is their medicare,

social security, climate, and electoral plans. Dead people. Only the rich will be able to age in their world. Or evangelicals who vote for them.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Exactly, the plan will be to take away healthcare from Americans.

Sick and old people only take money away from the wealthy who believe all money belongs to them.

[Seinan Sensei]

30. That is the Republican plan

Get sickly? Then die quickly !!

[yardwork]

14. He kept saying he was "getting ready" to release an alternative. Never did.

It's just talk.

[MadameButterfly]

35. they have to claim they are replacing it

but they've had years to suggest an alternative. They never do. Trump will just abolish it along with democracy.

[yardwork]

36. I truly believe that this is the most important election of my lifetime.

If Trump gets back in the White House I think our democracy is doomed.

[MadameButterfly]

41. yep

[Prairie Gates]

3. Golden Oldies

Does anyone care about ending Obamacare anymore? Dude’s playing Dark Side of the Moon at an EDM show.

[MiniMe]

4. Will he have a suggestion in 2 weeks?

He kept saying that he would have an alternative in 2 weeks. We never heard an alternative.

[Stuart G]

5. As said before, "Donald Trump is TOO STUPID TO KNOW THAT HE IS STUPID"

[J_William_Ryan]

6. It isn't up to Trump.

It’s up to Congress.

Trump and his Cult members are too ignorant to understand that.

[DemocraticPatriot]

7. "our alternative to Obamacare will be unveiled in 2 weeks"---

how many years ago was that ???

Still waiting for the release of that "proof" that the 2020 election was "stolen"---

Yeah, it was "stolen" all right--- by people who exercised their right to VOTE!

(Trump and the MAGAts think that many of those people should HAVE no right to vote--
that is why they consider the election "stolen", with no proof of any actual voter fraud--
except for the handful of MAGAts who cast extra votes, or cast votes on behalf of their dead relatives...)

[BaronChocula]

8. YES! YES! YES!

Campaign on that PUH-LEEEEEEZ!

[lastlib]

9. It'll be "GOPeeDon'tCare"........

they don't have anything else.

[Irish_Dem]

10. I can't wait to see Trump's plan for providing healthcare to Americans.

I am sure it will be a barnburner.

[musette_sf]

12. It's simple:

Everyone will receive a glowing bill of health from his concierge osteopath. Hey presto - no procedures or medications ever needed!

[Hotler]

13. And he still walks free.

[Johonny]

15. He doesn't even know what Obamacare is

He doesn't know anything. Why is he still a thing?

[leftstreet]

16. He had 4 years to introduce his plan n/t

[twodogsbarking]

26. In July, It's coming in July, August at the latest.

[gratuitous]

17. I thought he did that on day one

At least, that's what he was promising his credulous supporters all through the 2016 campaign. What happened to that, Donald?

[bif]

18. I'll sure be happy when he assumes room temperature!

[applegrove]

19. ?

[bif]

20. When he's dead

[bmichaelh]

21. Captain Ahab must pursue his whale

Trump has often been compared to Captain Ahab.

Both have their pathological obsessions.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

32. Well, except for how Ahab

Was actually competent at his job. Well, outside of his obsession. Obsessed to a pathological degree, but not incompetent.

[IronLionZion]

22. Because in 4 years of his presidency, he never bothered to release his super secret plan

[AllaN01Bear]

23. whats your plan trump? none .

[Ray Bruns]

24. 'Donald Trump said on Truth Social he is "seriously looking at alternatives" to the Affordable Care Act'

Donald Trump is a lying sack of shit who will say anything he thinks his brain dead followers will eat up.

[progree]

25. Trump approved this Republican health care plan in 2017 - that failed by only one vote

the AHCA and the BCRA. Problem: they were awful

This Wikipedia articles covers both the AHCA (American Health Care Act) and the BCRA (Better Care Reconciliation Act)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017

H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017, Cost Estimate, CBO, 5/24/17
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52752
would increase the number of people who are uninsured by 23 million in 2026 relative to current law.


H.R. 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, Cost Estimate, CBO, 6/26/17
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52849
A little bit better: leaving 22 million uninsured in 2026 relative to current law.

This is the one that Senator John McCain famously turned thumbs down on. Otherwise it would have become law.
Start at 2:45

Both can only be described as acts of American Genocide. We need to call the GOP the American Genocide Party.

And no, emergency rooms are not comprehensive health care -- they do just enough to stabilize you and then give you a fistful of prescriptions that you can't afford to fill, and a bunch of referrals to doctors and specialists that you can't afford to see if you are like most uninsured. And I'm not talking about some aberrant ones that have been in a news, wheeling someone out onto the sidewalk and leaving them there. No, no, no, I'm talking about ALL of them. ALL.

[ificandream]

27. This "strategy" hasn't worked as often as it's been tried.

And it won't work this time. It's the easiest way to get people to vote against you, dummy.

[twodogsbarking]

28. John Lennon said it best, Imagine there's health care for all.

I made that up, but wtf, it's the intahnet.

[Shipwack]

33. As the wise man said,

"You can't believe everything you read on the Internet!" - Abraham Lincoln

[Vogon_Glory]

29. I wonder how many ailing Trump Chps or their Trump Chump

caregivers are fool enough to ignore the warning signs and vote for Orange Julius anyway?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

31. The idiot had four years to do it before

He won't fare any better next time, unless he and his fellow traitor thugs have seriously bollixed the election system for their own benefit.

[EnergizedLib]

34. Obamacare is more popular now

The ACA cost Dems big time in 2010.

Fast forward to TFG’s tax cuts in 2017, and the ACA is more popular than the tax scam.

In 2018, Dems win the House, in part because of Obamacare.

In 2022 and 2023, Dems win many races because of Dobbs.

So, this thing took away healthcare for many women, made it harder for them to get healthcare and did a lot of damage to their health, and he wants to take healthcare away from 40 million people, which has saved lives?

How at all is this a winning platform?

[LymphocyteLover]

39. Exactly. Republicans attacks on the ACA in 2017-2018 helped them win the House in 2018 (and thank god they did)

Republicans attacks on Women's healthcare helped Dems win in 2022 and 2023.

These Repubs are just cartoonishly dumb and evil

[LudwigPastorius]

37. Look! It's the old internet definition of insanity.

https://www.newsweek.com/gop-health-care-bill-repeal-and-replace-70-failed-attempts-643832

[Maraya1969]

40. 35 million Americans have Obamacare. He thinks he is going to take their

health care away and they are not going to say and do something?

[Emile]

42. What's next, build a border wall and make Mexico

pay for it?