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Demovictory9

(32,419 posts)
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 11:18 PM Dec 2019

3 years in, no sign of Trump's replacement for Obamacare.




3 years in, no sign of Trump's replacement for Obamacare.

Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody.”

https://apnews.com/968422ef1e16470c967bebc394fee331
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3 years in, no sign of Trump's replacement for Obamacare. (Original Post) Demovictory9 Dec 2019 OP
He's found time between golf and tweeting to have his servants screw up the ACA. VOX Dec 2019 #1
+1 dalton99a Dec 2019 #2
But, he said health care was "easy" SCantiGOP Dec 2019 #3
"Trump is a complete waste of oxygen." MyOwnPeace Dec 2019 #4
the Greedy Old Pig party is into those "junk insurance" policies Skittles Dec 2019 #5

VOX

(22,976 posts)
1. He's found time between golf and tweeting to have his servants screw up the ACA.
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 11:39 PM
Dec 2019

Here are the low-lights...
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/10/14/768731628/trump-is-trying-hard-to-thwart-obamacare-hows-that-going
1) Individual mandate eliminated
2) States allowed to add "work requirements" to Medicaid
3) Cost-sharing reduction subsidies to insurers have ended
4) Access to short-term "skinny" plans has been expanded
5) Funds to facilitate HealthCare.gov sign-ups slashed

SCantiGOP

(13,862 posts)
3. But, he said health care was "easy"
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 12:03 AM
Dec 2019

Just like trade agreements, and solving the homeless problem.
Trump is a complete waste of oxygen.

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
4. "Trump is a complete waste of oxygen."
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 12:27 AM
Dec 2019

AND prime government space that rightfully belongs to another person - as determined by a majority of Americans.

Skittles

(153,111 posts)
5. the Greedy Old Pig party is into those "junk insurance" policies
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 02:16 AM
Dec 2019

you know, the ones people (and insurance companies) LOVE until people actually need to USE them

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