Trump: GOP tax bill 'essentially' repeals ObamaCare
Source: The Hill
BY JORDAN FABIAN - 12/20/17 12:27 PM EST
President Trump on Wednesday claimed the Republican tax plan essentially repeals former President Obamas signature health-care law.
When the individual mandate is being repealed, that means ObamaCare is being repealed, Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. We have essentially repealed ObamaCare and we will come up with something much better.
The GOP tax overhaul gets rid of the Affordable Care Acts individual mandate, which requires almost all Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine.
Trump said he refrained from playing up that measure because he was worried about how the news media would report it, but added now that its approved, I can say that.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/365804-trump-gop-tax-bill-essentially-repeals-obamacare
Botany
(70,567 posts).... Trumpcare.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)just all gets put back the way they want in this one fucking bill.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)will have a job that will provide great insurance. Honest to god this is what they want you to believe.
Freddie
(9,273 posts)They can slash welfare and Medicaid and no one will suffer because no one will need these things. What planet are they living on?
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)of the "the markets". The time is coming where there will be a breaking point.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)You just shoved us, middle class, elderly citizens under the bus....the young who don't need health ins now (although they will at some point...) will drop out. The risk pool will diminish, premiums will skyrocket, and people will die.......
MaupitiBlue
(18 posts)The next few decades are going to consist of the young working to pay the bill for benefits that the older generations have given themselves, but chose not to pay for.
Given the condition of the health care market, and the uncertainties of the future economy, I think it's unfair to straddle the young with trillions of dollars in healthcare costs for benefits they may never receive.
Freethinker65
(10,037 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,887 posts)Trump: There is no such thing as ObamaCare anymore - Oct
from October
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141890741
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Or Murkoski.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Here's one just for you!
What A Fool Believes:
turbinetree
(24,713 posts)Sick fucking asshole
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,591 posts)"Believe me" is Trump's code words for, "I'm lying about what I just said."
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)If that means you know what then you know what.
I cant say out loud what they actually want to do to us, but we all know what it is.
In some cases just the worrying about the results of all this will give enough people heart attacks and extreme cases of anxiety that it will be devastating.
I hope before they kill me I have some say in what happens.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,787 posts)who will be affected by this? When they find out they no longer have Health Insurance and need to see a doctor, they will be told that the Republicans and Trump took it away.
The "better plan"? What plan would that be, Trump?
Horizens
(637 posts)Trump told the truth. When the individual mandate is being repealed, that means ObamaCare is being repealed,
If this statement is on video it needs to it's needs to be shown during the 2018 campaign. He and the republican took healthcare from 13 million people and effectively raised premiums 10% per year.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)by 2019 with the new congress, a congress that cares about America will be in force.
Nitram
(22,861 posts)land. Congress has made a direct attack on an important component of the law. Some have pointed out that the mandate was not really very effective. I'm more worried at this point about their coming attempt to strangle Medicare and Social Security when the government runs out of funds because of the so-called tax reform bill.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)are on the chopping block. Hey, they got to cover the rich.
But you are correct about ACA and the mandate.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)That will cover dental implants,vision,cancer,transplants etc and the trump supporters will eat it up.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)KWR65
(1,098 posts)When I was 30 yrs old I was in perfect health and I could run two miles I suddenly started having horrible abdominal and back pain. I started vomiting uncontrollably. I had an ultrasound done and it turned out I had gall bladder disease. This was in 1995. The surgery and recovery cost over $20,000 plus I couldn't work for a month. My health insurance took care of 90% of the health insurance bill and disability insurance paid me half my wages for the month I was out of work. If I did not have insurance I would have had to wait for my condition to become an emergency to get the surgery which would have put my life in jeopardy and I probably would have been evicted for not paying my rent without employment disability.