A YEAR OF TRUMP: President Trump’s War on Americans’ Health Care: More Broken Promises to the Middle Class
From the House Democratic Leader's Press Office
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President Trump Promised to Replace the ACA With A "Better" System: Throughout the first several months of 2017,
However, the American People Discovered that the "Trumpcare" Bill Would Make the Health Care System Worse - Breaking Every Single One of The President's Promises: As Americans learned, Trumpcare would result in higher health care costs for families, 23 million more uninsured Americans, an "age tax" that would leave Americans ages 50-64 much worse off, and taking away the protections for Americans with pre-existing medical conditions.
While the Trumpcare Effort Has Currently Collapsed,
President Trump Has Also Broken Promises Not to Cut Medicaid and to Focus on Battling the Opioid Epidemic:
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT MONTHS FIGHTING FOR TRUMPCARE, WHICH WOULD HAVE RAISED FAMILIES' HEALTH CARE COSTS, REDUCED COVERAGE, AND UNDERMINED PROTECTIONS FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
Here are some of the devastating consequences of Trumpcare, if it had been enacted:
*Higher Costs: Trumpcare would force families to pay higher deductibles and other out-of-pocket health care costs. In particular, Trumpcare would force older Americans and sicker Americans to pay substantially higher out-of-pocket costs.
*Less Coverage: According to the nonpartisan CBO, Trumpcare would result in 23 million Americans losing their health care coverage over the next 10 years.
*Key Protections Gutted: Trumpcare would gut Essential Health Benefits and protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions, for millions of Americans.
*A Crushing
*Steals from Medicare: Trumpcare would steal
Due to its numerous devastating consequences, the American public strongly rejected Trumpcare: Polls showed that the American people opposed the Trumpcare legislation by a margin of 2 to 1. For example, a Public Policy Polling poll found that 52 percent of Americans opposed Trumpcare, with only 25 percent supporting it.
SINCE HIS FIRST DAYS IN OFFICE, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING TO CYNICALLY SABOTAGE AMERICANS' HEALTH CARE - WITH HIS SABOTAGE INCREASING PREMIUMS AND REDUCING CHOICES
Here are just some of the actions that
*To Depress Enrollment, Slashed the Open Enrollment Period for ACA Marketplaces in Half:
*To Depress Enrollment, Slashed Outreach and Advertising Efforts, As Well As Funding for Navigators:
*Has Used Rhetoric to Depress Enrollment and Destabilize the Marketplaces: Ever since the beginning of his Presidency, Trump has appeared to be cheering for the collapse of the Marketplaces - constantly saying "Obamacare is dead" and "the best thing we can do... is let Obamacare explode."
*Spent Months Raising Doubts He Would Continue Key ACA Payments, and Then Suddenly Eliminated the Payments in October. On
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FINALLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALSO BROKEN HIS PROMISE TO TARGET NEW RESOURCES ON FIGHTING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
*During the Campaign,
*"Opioid Epidemic 'Getting Worse Instead of Better'; Public Health Officials Warn" [
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*Public Health Experts Say that New Resources Are Urgently Needed:
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