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SunSeeker

(51,545 posts)
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 01:40 AM Aug 2020

Trump's 'Full And Complete' Health Plan Promise Joins A Long List Of Unkept Vows

Make Mexico pay for a border wall. Cut middle-class taxes by 35%. Bring jobs back from overseas. Trump has repeatedly failed to deliver on promises.
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“Trump will say whatever he has to to make it through the interview or the news cycle. He doesn’t know or care about the policy, and his narcissism means he doesn’t care about any damage he’s doing to others,” said Josh Schwerin, senior strategist and communications director at the Democratic super PAC Priorities USA. “Trump isn’t trying to solve the nation’s problems. He’s just trying to get through the day. That leads to broken promises and a badly damaged country.”
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Of course, before Trump began that long list of promises in that Gettysburg address, he started by promising he would sue every woman who had publicly accused him of sexual assault, harassment and other misconduct. He has not followed through on that, either.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5f287a9bc5b68fbfc886bc05?test_ad=taboola_iframe_mw_news

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Trump's 'Full And Complete' Health Plan Promise Joins A Long List Of Unkept Vows (Original Post) SunSeeker Aug 2020 OP
What a difference from Obama's 214 accomplishments. secondwind Aug 2020 #1
Trump is fulfilling his campaign promises to vacation more and golf more than Obama. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #2
Well, he sure tried in 2017 to provide a new health care plan progree Aug 2020 #3

progree

(10,901 posts)
3. Well, he sure tried in 2017 to provide a new health care plan
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 04:41 AM
Aug 2020

He supported these congressional GOP plans, which are watered-down but more expensive versions of the ACA premium-wise and cost-sharing-wise

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.

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

It passed the then-Republican-controlled House, but failed by 1 vote in the Senate.

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