Donald Trump campaigned on repealing ObamaCare, which is the crown jewel of Obama’s legislative agenda.
Now that he’s won the election – and the Republicans maintain their Congressional majorities – Americans are expecting President-elect Trump to make good on his promises.
And early reports are that the new administration will push the repeal of ObamaCare right out the gate.
During the final weeks of the campaign, Trump called for a special session of Congress to repeal ObamaCare.
This was in reaction to insurance companies announcing their premiums would rise an average of over 20 percent across America.
The oncoming rate hike was seen as pivotal in Trump’s closing argument – and it helped win him the election.
And Republicans are pledging swift action.
In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said repealing ObamaCare would be a top priority.
Politico reports:
“Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Pence said Trump’s team is working with Republicans in Congress “to move an aggressive agenda.”
“Decisions have been made by the president-elect that he wants to focus out of the gate on repealing Obamacare and beginning the process of replacing Obamacare with the kind of free-market solutions that he campaigned on,” Pence said.”
Congressional Republicans also heard this call from the voters and are preparing to repeal ObamaCare in January 2017.
Politico also reports:
Republicans say repeal efforts will start in January. They are considering whether to swiftly repeal the biggest pieces of the law through a complex budget process called reconciliation that Democrats cannot block. If they go that route, Republicans would likely pass the repeal — but delay the effective date for a year or two until a replacement could theoretically be enacted. That would shield the GOP from an immediate backlash from taking away insurance. They are even considering passing the bill through Congress in early January so that Trump could have it on his desk within minutes of swearing the oath of office.
Alternatively, they might start by repealing some smaller but deeply unpopular parts of the law, such as the individual mandate.
“I don’t think we should take a lot of time,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. “We understand what the problems are and we know that Obamacare is a destructive force in America and almost everybody admits it.”
“It doesn’t work, it’s costing too much money, it isn’t evolving into better health care and we have to do something to straighten it out,” Hatch added.
The chairmen of the House and Senate Budget committees have informally signed off on a plan to do both a 2017 and 2018 budget early in the Trump administration. That would give the GOP two opportunities to enact legislation that doesn’t allow a filibuster. (The House Budget chairman, Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, is being considered for HHS secretary.)
At the same time, they expect the Trump administration to use its executive powers to immediately start to peel apart other pieces of the law. The Senate Republican Policy Committee on Wednesday circulated a document that said regulatory relief would come “on Day One” from the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services.
“The original health care law itself was 2,700 pages, but there were also more than 40,000 pages of administrative rules, regulatory guidance, and even blog posts setting Obamacare policy,” they wrote. “A lot of this can be scaled back on Day One.”
Some conservatives were concerned about Trump because he had no previous experience in politics, leading to an ideology that didn’t fit the standard conservative/liberal parameters.
These critics also believed that since Trump’s beliefs were not well-defined, he would easily go back on his campaign promises.
But when it comes to ObamaCare, swift action to repeal the government run healthcare scheme is a top priority.
Serious reform r outright replacement of the ACA is urgently needed. We can do better and it is good to hear that is mission #1. However, Immigration Reform needs to be addressed early on as well so that that issue is out of the Democrats hands and it becomes a non-issue for the next round of elections. The Dems promised reform of that issue but it is too useful to them for continued electioneering and mining of votes.
People keep insisting that Trump does not have any experience, which he doesn’t. BUt they fail to mention that Obama as well did not have any experience other than a 1 term junior senator. Trump has built an empire and experience in making and negotiating deals as well as knowing important people around the globe. Obama was hanging out in Chicago’s bathhouses doing the dirty and snorting the snow up his nose. I would say there is no comparison and we see the end results today of his 8 year destructive reign.
On the money!
i hope that Clinton has now made trump so mad by stapling herself to the recount in 3 states that he follows thru on the FBI investigation and escorts her personally to Rikers, full presidential limo and entourage to boot. being that is the only time she will ride in the Presidential limo, why not let her go out with a bang. or rather ‘IN” with a bang. already wearing the nice Orange jumpsuit and flip flops too!!! oh how i YEARN for the day i see her dressed in prison clad! i would LOVE to be a fly on the wall in the white house right now, watching Obuttface the oval occupier sit there and cry because he knows President Trump is going to erase his legacy! and there is NOTHING he can do about it.
I agree with most of what you wrote and it would be nice to see Hillary Clinton escorted to RIkers. However, Trump has already said he does not want to harm the Clintons. I believe Trump will leave it up to the DOJ to take care of this problem. I am hopeful Senator Sessions will take care of this problem, first by firing Comey because he is incompetent, and second, by following though on a thorough investigation of the emals as they relate to the Espionage Act and conducting a thorough investigation of the Clinton Foundation. There has to be many avenues to find criminal activity there.
that was BEFORE she decided to tack on to the recount. he said during his campaign several times she would go to jail. then after he “surprisingly” won. she knows he can damage her, and yet she decides to act typical clintonesque by going back on what she said. there by pissing him off. so that pretty much throws anything he said before out the old proverbial window. i think she royally screwed up by going along with the re-count. but a clinton will be a clinton. they lie, cheat, steal, and if they cant get the results they want that way, they strongarm. i think she was attempting to flex that sagging old lady muscle flab, and now its back fired. he has a literal TRUCKLOAD of charges he could bring against her, and she knows it. she even said that if she lost the election they would all have nooses around their necks. it makes no sense to me why she did it, but im glad she did. now we could all very well see her being escorted to Rikers island. all i can do is sit here and HOPE he does. and i hope he goes after obama as well. you dont mess with people who have money, they can get stuff done no matter the cost. he spent millions uncovering obamas background and exposing his fake birth certificate, and as time goes on, i think he will find and expose even more now that he has the power to do it at his finger tips. money and power is what makes this country operate….he now has both!
Dumb negro care. To Negroes everything should be free. Your white man medical care, your land, all your stuff because the negro and the left think you stole it. LOL!!!
So laffable, the childish immature thinking of the left. And besides like TB said, they had over 200 years to copy us and they never did.
Stupid harsh people deserve stupid harsh leaders and they’ll nail you every time for it. They can copy US but hey won’t. Hubris, envy, jealousy will prevent that.
Something the sodomite negro and the left harbor.