Trump: Obamacare to stay until better alternative is found

09/17/2024 / By Ramon Tomey

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has remarked that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, will remain in place under his term until a better alternative to the scheme is found.

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, claimed in a Sept. 7 post on X: “Trump intends to end the ACA, which would take us back to a time where insurance companies had the power to deny people with preexisting conditions. We are not going back.”

The Trump campaign shot back, telling the second-highest official in the land: “Kamala, quit lying.” It also included a clip of Trump sharing his plans for Obamacare with supporters.

“I am going to keep the ACA unless we can do something much better. We’ll keep it, but we can do much better. It’s too expensive for the people, they can’t afford it, it’s lousy health care. If we can do something better, we’re working on it; we can do something better,” the real estate mogul said in the video.

“But we will never let anybody touch it unless we have something better. We’re going to deliver lower prices, lower drug costs and new options that will dramatically reduce the crushing burden on all American patients.”

According to LifeSiteNews, Trump’s rewritten Republican Party platform – which he cites as his campaign platform on his campaign website – is light on details in most policy areas. But the passage on the subject of healthcare begins by acknowledging that “healthcare and prescription drug costs are out of control.”

“Republicans will increase transparency, promote choice and competition and expand access to new affordable healthcare and prescription drug options. We will protect Medicare and ensure seniors receive the care they need without being burdened by excessive costs.”

The pro-life news outlet pointed out that promoting choice as outlined in the GOP platform “is inconsistent with some of Obamacare’s core features – an individual mandate to own health insurance and mandates for what health insurance must cover.”

Trump not a fan of Obamacare

LifeSiteNews further highlighted Trump’s latest shift from his previous campaigns.

The GOP nominee said at a campaign rally last December: “We’re going to fight to give much better healthcare than what you have right now. This is a newer subject, but Obamacare is a disaster. And I said … we’re going to do something about it.” The former president also mentioned how U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) remarked that the ACA “needs to be fixed.”

“Trump campaigned in 2016 on repealing Obamacare, but despite taking office backed by a GOP Congress, [they] failed to do so due to a variety of factors,” LifeSiteNews continued. “As his presidency went on, Trump used executive actions to mitigate some of Obamacare’s most objectionable aspects.” (Related: Biden attacks Trump on abortion, healthcare.)

During the Sept. 10 debate between Trump and Harris, which ABC News organized, Trump expressed interest in replacing the ACA. However, he admitted that he doesn’t currently have an organized plan to accomplish this if the law is indeed repealed.

“I have concepts of a plan. I’m not president right now,” said Trump. “We are working on things. We’re going to do it. We’re going to replace it.”

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Watch former President Donald Trump describing Obamacare as “lousy healthcare” during the Sept. 10 presidential debate.

This video is from the NewsClips channel on Brighteon.com.