5/4/17: After seven years, the House of Representatives votes, 217-213, to repeal and replace Obamacare.
“Today we made history,” House Majority
Whip Steve Scalise tells reporters,
“by taking the first important step toward rescuing hardworking families from
the failures and skyrocketing costs of Obamacare.”
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“A great plan…very, very, incredibly well-crafted.”
President Trump, describing the new GOP healthcare
plan
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“Yes, premiums will be coming down. Yes, deductibles will be coming down,” President Trump promises at a celebratory gathering in the Rose Garden. “This has brought the Republican Party together. But very importantly, it’s a great plan and ultimately that’s what it’s all about.”
The plan, he says, is “very, very, incredibly well-crafted.”
If anything, the House plan brings the American people together. By a huge majority they hate it. In one poll, only 17% approve of the “replace” part of the long-promised GOP “repeal and replace” plan.
The Congressional Budget Office warns
that Trumpcare will gently remove care from the reach of 24 million
Americans.
BLOGGER’S NOTE: In June,
Trump will describe the same plan he touted on this day as “mean.” See: 6/14/17.)
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5/5/17: Not everyone recognizes how great the new GOP healthcare plan is, including Ghost of Trump Future, who will eventually clash with Ghost of Trump Past.
On this day, Ghost of Trump Present, failing to realize Australia has universal healthcare coverage, tweets: “Of course the Australians have better healthcare than we do, everybody does. ObamaCare is dead! But our healthcare will soon be great.”
Next, we have a tweet-cry straight from his orange heart: “Wow, the Fake News media did everything in its power to make the Republican Healthcare victory look as bad as possible. Far better than Ocare!”
(Two weeks later, a national poll shows
Americans favor Obamacare
over the GOP plan, 53-27%.)
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