Back to the future: Trump's history of promising a health plan that never comes

[Demovictory9]

https://ctmirror.org/2020/08/16/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/

Ever since he was a presidential candidate, President Donald Trump has been promising the American people a “terrific,” “phenomenal” and “fantastic” new health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

But, in the 3½ years since he set up shop in the Oval Office, he has yet to deliver.

In his early days on the campaign trail, circa 2015, he said on CNN he would repeal Obamacare and replace it with “something terrific,” and on Sean Hannity’s radio show he said the replacement would be “something great.” Fast-forward to 2020. Trump has promised an Obamacare replacement plan five times so far this year. And the plan is always said to be just a few weeks away.

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This record is by no means a comprehensive list, but here are some of the many instances when Trump promised a new health plan was coming soon.

https://ctmirror.org/2020/08/16/back-to-the-future-trumps-history-of-promising-a-health-plan-that-never-comes/

[mnmoderatedem]

1. THIS is what bugs me the most about trump's 2016 campaign

trump's constant blathering about how his healthcare plan was going to be a fraction of the cost, would not cut medicare, and going to be easy, so easy. Said this repeatedly on the campaign trail. Apparently he had some brilliant plan no one else had thought of to that point.

Yet he had not even ATTEMPTED to create a healthcare plan. Not that he did not have a viable plan, he did not have a plan at all.

Then once he gain the Oval Office, his whole plan was to go to republicans in congress, say hey I don't know how this stuff works, you guys come up with something and I'll sign it.

That was his "plan".

Still chaps my hide. That farce should have been exposed much more visibly at the time.

[safeinOhio]

2. Great question for the debates.

Fun to watch him weasel out of it.

[kacekwl]

5. Great question for his daily mumble fest. Also

for Kaylie and her watch the cross wearing Christian lie press conference.

[progree]

4. Trump backed the ACHA and BCRA Repub healthcare plans in 2017

Problem: they were awful

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.