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Donald Trump: I may not repeal Obamacare

I guess no one read the article to see what he actually said.
 
I guess no one read the other thread on this very topic where it has already been debunked..
 
Harshaw said:
Again, taken entirely at face value and assuming it means what you want it to mean . . .

Shouldn't this make liberals happy? To have another liberal President?

Doesn't it mean the histrionics about him during the campaign were ridiculously overblown?

I don't get what you think you're gloating over.
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The point is he hasn't even taken office and he's already walking back campaign promises. Plus, all we heard was "I'm going to repeal Obama Care Day 1" and now...maybe not at all.
 
Orly? said:
I guess no one read the other thread on this very topic where it has already been debunked..
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In January, you'll be proclaiming that Obamacare was great and Trump showed everybody his genius.
 
rocket88 said:
The point is he hasn't even taken office and he's already walking back campaign promises. Plus, all we heard was "I'm going to repeal Obama Care Day 1" and now...maybe not at all.
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That really doesn't answer my question.

Shouldn't you be happy about this?
 
rocket88 said:
Donald Trump: I may not repeal Obamacare, President-elect says in major U-turn | The Independent
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:spin: :spin: :spin:

3 days after the election and some people are already trying to spin information to make themselves feel justified in refusing to accept the results by making those who voted for him think they made a mistake.

Nowhere has Trump stated he "may not repeal Obamacare." All he said was that he might keep two worthwhile coverage concerns in any replacement his government proposes. :coffeepap:
 
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Not surprised. I imagine he is going to break every last campaign promise he made. I also imagine that none of his supporters will care one little bit. This kind of stuff should be a death sentence for his chances of reelection, but it won't be.
 
Captain Adverse said:
:spin: :spin: :spin:

3 days after the election and some people are already trying to spin information to make themselves feel justified in refusing to accept the results by making those who voted for him think they made a mistake.

Nowhere has Trump stated he "may not repeal Obamacare." All he said was that he might keep two worthwhile concerns in any replacement his government proposes. :coffeepap:
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Who's refusing to accept the results? Oh wait, I must have hurt your feelings by being mildly critical of Trump. Do you need your safe space?
 
Henrin said:
Not surprised. I imagine he is going to break every last campaign promise he made. I also imagine that none of his supporters will care one little bit. This kind of stuff should be a death sentence for his chances of reelection, but it won't be.
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Oh, now you're all "his supporters." Two weeks ago you were one of his biggest supporters. Buyer's remorse?
 
My take on this is that over the last several days, we have seen Trump begin to pivot from an epic battle to his new role as President (meaning that he knows that its time to bring the country together, to seem reasonable, to actually have the time to think and consider HOW he will address the Obamacare abomination. Even with a repeal, the two provisions that are mentioned in the OP- the ban on denial for preexisting and allowing kids to stay on parents insurance until they are 26- are actually the most popular parts of the law.

At the end of the day, the FACTS are these:

1)The GOP doesn't have enough votes to simply repeal the law.
2)The President will have to work with Congress on this. He can't "repeal and replace" on his own.
3)Even if he could, a plan has to be concocted to deal with all of the people who have maintained continuous coverage since before Obamacare and have had their plans cancelled (myself included) and ended up forced onto an off marketplace plan.

"Repeal and Replace" was the buzzword. Practically speaking, we are likely to see a complete revamping of the existing law rather than a true repeal and replace.
 
rocket88 said:
Oh, now you're all "his supporters." Two weeks ago you were one of his biggest supporters. Buyer's remorse?
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Ummmm...what? No, I wasn't.
 
kamikaze483 said:
1)The GOP doesn't have enough votes to simply repeal the law.
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Yes they do. Democrats chose to pass it via Reconciliation, Republicans can get rid of it via Reconciliation.




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rocket88 said:
Who's refusing to accept the results? Oh wait, I must have hurt your feelings by being mildly critical of Trump. Do you need your safe space?
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He's actually said he would support these two provisions before so this should be news to no one.

ObamaCare's disintegrating before our eyes so I think even Hillary would have been forced to gut it.

Good riddance and finally this monkey is off the backs of the Democrats back
 
kamikaze483 said:
My take on this is that over the last several days, we have seen Trump begin to pivot from an epic battle to his new role as President (meaning that he knows that its time to bring the country together, to seem reasonable, to actually have the time to think and consider HOW he will address the Obamacare abomination. Even with a repeal, the two provisions that are mentioned in the OP- the ban on denial for preexisting and allowing kids to stay on parents insurance until they are 26- are actually the most popular parts of the law.

At the end of the day, the FACTS are these:

1)The GOP doesn't have enough votes to simply repeal the law.
2)The President will have to work with Congress on this. He can't "repeal and replace" on his own.
3)Even if he could, a plan has to be concocted to deal with all of the people who have maintained continuous coverage since before Obamacare and have had their plans cancelled (myself included) and ended up forced onto an off marketplace plan.

"Repeal and Replace" was the buzzword. Practically speaking, we are likely to see a complete revamping of the existing law rather than a true repeal and replace.
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El Wrongo, O medical insurance breath. The GOP has the votes in both the House and Senate to repeal Obamacare. In the Senate, it will be introduced as a reconciliation bill, and that will avoid the filibuster. Trump will sign it too.

Obamacare is going bye bye.
 
Harshaw said:
That really doesn't answer my question.

Shouldn't you be happy about this?
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Honestly, Obamacare was an idea that didn't work out the way it was supposed to. Fixing the problems sounds good.

But this is from a man who for the past year and a half has been saying he would repeal it on Day 1. It was the most important thing he could think of. Now he's not going to? This doesn't bother his supporters? (and as we've seen, probably not)
 
rocket88 said:
Honestly, Obamacare was an idea that didn't work out the way it was supposed to. Fixing the problems sounds good.

But this is from a man who for the past year and a half has been saying he would repeal it on Day 1. It was the most important thing he could think of. Now he's not going to? This doesn't bother his supporters? (and as we've seen, probably not)
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Shouldn't his detractors -- the ones who have been accusing him of being a would-be fascist dictator and all manner of right-wing scum -- be having second thoughts, too? Like, that they were also wrong?
 
Harshaw said:
Shouldn't his detractors -- the ones who have been accusing him of being a would-be fascist dictator and all manner of right-wing scum -- be having second thoughts, too? Like, that they were also wrong?
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Perhaps they should. But is your only contribution here going to be "but...but...liberals?"
 
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Mr Trump said that he may well keep at least two of the main provisions of the healthcare bill. He said that he is favouring retaining a key part of Obamacare that stops insurers from refusing to cover people because they have existing conditions, and another that lets parents add coverage for their children to their own policies.

“I like those very much,” he told the paper.
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So do we, Donny. How do you plan to address the price increases that have been at the center of the Obamacare crapstorm lately?
 
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Cardinal said:
So do we, Donny. How do you plan to address the price increases that have been at the center of the Obamacare crapstorm lately?
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He could do what the current administration has been doing for the last 6 years. Keep telling us how awesome it is while ignoring its impact on the American middle class.
 
Fenton said:
He could do what the current administration has been doing for the last 6 years. Keep telling us how awesome it is while ignoring its impact on the American middle class.
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And is that his plan, and is that what you want?
 
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