{"id":1030166,"date":"2024-03-19T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030166"},"modified":"2024-05-10T19:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:46:33","slug":"trump-on-the-aca-donald-trump-thinks-the-affordable-care-act-is-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-on-the-aca-donald-trump-thinks-the-affordable-care-act-is-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump on the ACA: Donald Trump Thinks the Affordable Care Act Is a \u201cDisaster\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Donald Trump calling the Affordable Care Act a \u201cdisaster,\u201d <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Donald Trump calls the Affordable Care Act a \u2018disaster,\u2019 here\u2019s what he really means: It\u2019s a disaster that millions of Americans have access to affordable health care. To be clear, ripping away health care access and stripping protections for people with preexisting conditions is wildly unpopular \u2014 which Trump should know, considering he already tried and failed to run on that platform in 2020. Trump is out of touch with the American people, and voters will remind him just how much they oppose his MAGA agenda this November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATCH: Donald Trump called the ACA \u2014 which is a lifeline for millions of Americans \u2014 a disaster. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump<\/em><\/strong><\/a>: \u201cObamacare is a disaster. And I said, \u2018We\u2019re gonna do something about it.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has made his agenda crystal clear: If elected to a second term, he\u2019d try to repeal the ACA.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cTrump Revives Plan to Dismantle Obamacare if Elected in 2024\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cIn a Truth Social post, the leading GOP presidential candidate claimed he\u2019s \u2018seriously looking at alternatives\u2019 to replace ObamaCare, and that the failure to repeal the health law in 2017 while he was in office was \u2018a low point for the Republican Party.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediaite<\/a>: \u201c\u2018OBAMACARE SUCKS!!!\u2019 Trump Rants About New Plan \u2014 Years After He Promised It Was \u2018Two Weeks\u2019 Away\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a reminder, Trump\u2019s deeply unpopular plan could rip away access to health care from millions of Americans, including protections for 100 million people with preexisting conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cBut what\u2019s clear is that an effort to \u2018terminate\u2019 Obamacare is not something Americans are pining for. Not only were the GOP\u2019s efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare during Trump\u2019s term historically unpopular, but the law also appears to have gotten more popular since then. \u2026 And when politicians talk of ending health insurance for tens of millions of Americans, dropping coverage of preexisting conditions and cutting Obamacare\u2019s Medicaid funding, things get even dicier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cMore than 21 million people have signed up for health plans through the Affordable Care Act\u2019s health insurance marketplaces, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The record level of enrollment comes as former president Donald Trump, seeking the GOP nomination, is again vowing to repeal the program if elected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for American Progress<\/a>: \u201cAccording to new estimates from the Center for American Progress, 135 million people under age 65, or about half of nonelderly people, have a preexisting condition that an insurer could use to discriminate against them if they ever sought coverage through the individual market in the absence of ACA protections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KFF Poll<\/a>: \u201cMajorities of Democrats [88%], Republicans [62%], and independents [73%] say it is \u2018very important\u2019 to continue each of [the Affordable Care Act\u2019s] protections for people with pre-existing conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Favreau<\/a>: \u201cIf Trump wins, 40 million people could lose their health care, and insurance companies would get to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. If Biden wins, that\u2026won\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Trump rails against affordable health care on the campaign trail, his MAGA minions are doing his bidding in Congress, reviving attempts to repeal the ACA.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dana Bash, CNN<\/a>: \u201cLet\u2019s talk about the 2024 campaign trail. Donald Trump called Obamacare a disaster last night in Iowa after reiterating his calls to repeal it. You of course voted to repeal Obamacare when Trump was president. Do you think that this is a winning issue right now? Would you like to see another vote again? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham: \u201cYeah. Good question. This is what we tried to do when Trump was president. Let\u2019s block grant the money.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I think Obamacare has been one of the biggest deceptions on the American people,\u201d said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). \u2018I mean just look at your health care premiums.\u2019 But he added he would \u2018be interested to hear exactly how\u2019 Trump would approach repeal.\u201d

\u201cSen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who\u2019s in line to run the Finance Committee if the GOP retakes the Senate, said he\u2019s open to plans that were similar to the 2017 repeal and replace bills.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Donald Trump calling the Affordable Care Act a \u201cdisaster,\u201d DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u201cWhen Donald Trump calls the Affordable Care Act a \u2018disaster,\u2019 here\u2019s what he really means: It\u2019s a disaster that millions of Americans have access to affordable health care. 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