There Is No GOP Obamacare Replacement And There Never Has Been

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

If you’re the sort of person who still believes President Donald Trump’s promises on health care, there’s probably nothing at this point that could dissuade you from the notion that Republicans have a “fix” at the ready to replace “Obamacare.”

If, however, you’re the sort of person who pays attention to the world around you, you have good reason to believe that Trump’s latest vow to reform the health care system is as bogus and disingenuous as all his others.

On the heels of the Justice Department’s announcement Monday that it is fully backing a lawsuit that would eradicate the entire Affordable Care Act ― a decision Trump reportedly directed himself ― the president has begun making big promises that he and the Republican Party are on the verge of revealing a tremendous new plan that will make American health care great for everybody.

“If the Supreme Court rules that Obamacare is out, we’ll have a plan that is far better than Obamacare,” Trump told reporters in the White House Wednesday, according to a pool report. On Tuesday, he said, “The Republican Party will soon be known as the party of health care. You watch.” He later tweeted the same thing.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/no-gop-obamacare-replacement_n_5c9bcff1e4b07c88662fd2d3

[Wounded Bear]

1. Anybody who believes a Trump promise is willfully ignorant...

[ooky]

13. Especially since we've already seen their plan.

Guts Medicaid 25% and doesn't lower any health care costs. Raises costs beyond affordability for many.

[RHMerriman]

2. They've had better than nine years since the passage of the ACA to present an alternative...

They've had better than nine years since the passage of the ACA to present an alternative...

Total incompetence from the GOP, as always, when it comes to legislating, public policy, and finding their respective asses with both hands and a GPS system.

Idiots.

[safeinOhio]

3. His plan has always been to

have Mitch McConnell come up with a solution to health care. Then blame him and congress for screwing up. He knows zero about health care.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Exactly right! And he cares even LESS. n/t

[dansolo]

11. Funny, because I've felt that is exactly McConnell's plan

I've always believed that Trump is just doing the things that the Republicans have always wanted to do but are too cowardly. Their plan is to let every bad policy be associated with Trump so they aren't directly blamed. Heck, even we repeatedly fall for it, by blaming Trump for everything when people like McConnell and Mulvaney are really behind it all.

[procon]

5. You forget to include; "and there never will any replacement." nt

[hibbing]

8. This one n/t

[stopbush]

6. "Nobody knew healthcare was so complicated."

- the Orange Asshole

[UniteFightBack]

7. They need to say FUCK YOU to him. They need to say SHUT THE FUCK UP RUMP and WTF are you

DOING??? So good let them squirm.

[Kablooie]

9. Sure there is. Allow insurance companies to compete across state borders.

That fixes everything, according to Republicans.

[ProfessorPlum]

12. yes, their "race to the bottom" strategy

and all of the immiseration that will follow

[Guilded Lilly]

10. The Cretin lives on delusion and the Republicans only know how to destroy, not create. n/t