Everybody agrees that ObamaCare doesn’t work. Premiums & deductibles are far too high – Really bad HealthCare! Even the Dems want to replace it, but with Medicare for all, which would cause 180 million Americans to lose their beloved private health insurance. The Republicans…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
….are developing a really great HealthCare Plan with far lower premiums (cost) & deductibles than ObamaCare. In other words it will be far less expensive & much more usable than ObamaCare. Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
….back the House. It will be truly great HealthCare that will work for America. Also, Republicans will always support Pre-Existing Conditions. The Republican Party will be known as the Party of Great HealtCare. Meantime, the USA is doing better than ever & is respected again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
By even the dismal, dishonest standards of The Donald, this is an amazing series of tweets.
The first time a Republican uttered the words “repeal and replace” — notice, replace — the undergirding premise of the ACA had been accepted: the government has a responsibility to make affordable health care available to every citizen. Once the premise of Obamacare had been accepted, it was a fight over the details of how, not whether.
There is plenty of room to fight over whether, and there is plenty of room to fight over how — but the Republicans conceded the ‘whether’ half of that conversation and then, in bad faith, refused to discuss the ‘how,’ refused to discuss the inevitable corrections and repairs that would be required for such a huge, sprawling bill.
Now, the First Felon wants to eliminate the ACA outright today, and offers a promise to provide something better in 21-months, though no Republican knows anything about a plan.
It isn’t likely to happen under the government of a corrupt fraud like Trump, but Congress should focus on repairing the ACA, not re-inventing it.