JD Vance’s mom got health coverage under Trump — by using Obamacare

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Donald Trump’s running mate has hit on a new strategy to defend the GOP’s oft-criticized health-care record: talk about his own family’s experience.

“Members of my family actually got private health insurance, at least, for the first time … under Donald Trump’s leadership,” Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said at this month’s vice-presidential debate, repeating a line he has used on the stump. Vance added that his family members switched off Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income Americans, while Trump was in office between 2017 and 2021...

“If any Vance family members transitioned to the marketplace because they earned out of Medicaid, they should be grateful that Trump and Republicans in Congress failed to repeal and replace the marketplace with an alternative that would have provided far less affordable coverage,” Andrew Sprung, an independent health analyst who has been tracking Vance’s policy proposals, wrote in an email.

https://archive.ph/tEAIb#selection-821.0-825.20

 

Thanks, Trump.

 

Trump issues executive order to start rolling back Obamacare

Within hours of taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump on Friday night signed an executive order aimed at trying to fulfill one of his most impassioned campaign promises: Rolling back Obamacare.

The multi-part executive order stated that the administration’s official policy is “to seek the prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act – but at the same time emphasized that it must continue to uphold the law.

With his signature, Trump sent a powerful signal on Day One of his presidency: His top priority in the Oval Office will be dismantling the health care law that covers some 20 million Americans.

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-on-obamacare/index.html

 

Trump Slams McCain Blocking Obamacare Repeal: 'Honestly, Terrible'
Trump said McCacain did “a horrible horrible thing” by casting the deciding vote against an bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act...

"It’s a little tougher without McCain’s vote, but we’ve got some time," Trump said, acknowledging the difficulty in passing the Senate health care bill before a critical September 30 deadline. "We are going to do it, eventually."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-slams-mccain-blocking-obamacare-repeal-honestly-terrible-n804056