Trump Sabotaging Obamacare Until He Gets His Way

TRUMP STILL WANTS TO PASS A HEALTH CARE BILL, AND HE'S
WILLING TO THROW MILLIONS OF THE POOREST AMERICANS UNDER THE BUS,
INTENTIONALLY SABOTAGING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THE WAY HE
WILL DO THAT IS REFUSING TO PAY BILLIONS IN COST REDUCING
SUBSIDIES WHICH WOULD HAVE TERRIBLE EFFECTS ON THOSE PEOPLE
WHO NEED THOSE SUBSIDIES TO MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE,
AND IT WOULD HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS THAT COULD DESTROY THE ENTIRE
THING.
HE SAID THIS RECENTLY IN AN INTERVIEW --
SO LET'S NOT PRETEND THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING HERE
THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING, HE IS HOLDING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
HOSTAGE TO GET WHAT HE WANTS IN TERMS OF HEALTHCARE.
IT WON'T
IMMEDIATELY DIE IF HE DOESN'T GIVE THE MONEY BUT IT COULD
EVENTUALLY CAUSE A NUMBER OF INSURERS TO BACK OUT OF THE
MARKETPLACE, AND HE UNDERSTANDS WHO WILL BE HURT BY THAT.
IT'S
NOT HIS BUDDIES IN MANHATTAN, IT'S THE MOST POOR AMERICANS WHO
NEED THOSE SUBSIDIES.
HE SAYS I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT
BUT MAYBE I HAVE TO BLOW UP THE WHOLE THING.
AND IF THE
DEMOCRATS DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH HIM AND HE DESTROYS THE WHOLE
THING, IT'S NOT JUST 7 MILLION AMERICANS WHO LOSE HEALTH
INSURANCE, IT'S MORE THAN 30 MILLION.
KILLING TENS OF
THOUSANDS EVERY YEAR.
THIS WILL BE -- IF HE DOES GO THROUGH WITH IT -- A STUPID
POLITICAL MANEUVER BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT IF DEMOCRATS ARE
UNWILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH HIM AND ALL THESE PEOPLE LOSE THE
SUBSIDY, PEOPLE WILL BLAME THE DEMOCRATS.
NO, THEY WILL BLAME
YOU.
THEY HAVE POLLING DATA FOR THAT.
IT'S SHORTSIGHTED AT BEST.
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOUR HEALTHCARE PLAN IS, THEY DIDN'T
LIKE IT WHICH IS WHY IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
EVERYONE WILL TURN AROUND AND BE TRUMP IS GREAT -- THEY DON'T
WANT DEMOCRATS TO NEGOTIATE WITH HIM.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR
DEMOCRATS IS NEGOTIATING TOO MUCH, PEOPLE WANT THEM TO BE
STRONGER AND REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
THIS WON'T WORK
OUT FOR HIM AND HOPEFULLY HE DOESN'T ATTEMPT IT. AND THE PLAN
HE WOULD BE NEGOTIATING FROM IS WORSE THAN WHAT WAS ALREADY
REJECTED BY CONGRESS.
FIRST OF ALL IT'S NOT AS WELL
ARTICULATED, BUT IT'S FAR MORE REGRESSIVE THAN THE OTHER.
IT TAKES AWAY COVERAGE FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND A
COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
IT'S A BILL THAT EVEN REPUBLICANS HATED, NOW
YOU'VE TAKEN OUT THE TWO MOST POPULAR PARTS OF THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT, NOW DO YOU LIKE IT?
NO, I STILL HATE IT.
BUT HE
THINKS THAT WILL WORK.
I WANT TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE NUMBERS,
AND IN CASE YOU THINK TRUMP, YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM LITERALLY, HE IS
SPOUTING OFF AT THE MOUTH --
A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL WAS ASKED FOR COMMENT AND SAID --
-- AGAIN, IT WON'T BE FAILING ON ITS OWN IF YOU TAKE AWAY
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS --
IT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST BUT IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE THE
STUPIDEST.
BUT WHEN HAS THAT STOPPED DONALD TRUMP?
AND
FINALLY --
IF THEY TOOK ALL THAT MONEY THEN THEORETICALLY THE HEALTH
INSURANCE COMPANIES WOULD HAVE TO MAKE IT UP THEMSELVES.
AND IF
THEY REALIZED THAT THEY COULDN'T MAKE THE PROFIT THEY WERE
BEFORE, THEY MIGHT LEAVE THE MARKETPLACE AND THAT IS THE
RIPPLE EFFECT THAT COULD LEAD TO TAKING DOWN THE WHOLE THING.
BECAUSE YOU NEED THOSE PEOPLE AND THEIR MONEY TO KEEP THE
SYSTEM WORKING.
EXACTLY, IT'S THE INSURANCE MARKET AND REALLY SORT OF
HAM-HANDING THAT INSURANCE MARKET, WHICH IS AS JOHN SAID
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE FLUID AND KEEP
GOING IN ORDER FOR ANYONE TO HAVE COVERAGE.
IF YOU HAMSTRING
IT LIKE THAT -- THE OTHER THING HE MISUNDERSTANDS IS THE
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS -- YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT -- THE
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS IS IN COMPETITION WITH DONALD TRUMP.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ARE IN HIS POCKET AND TOGETHER ON THIS.
AND
THE LONGER THIS GOES, THE MORE BLOOD THEY WERE SMELL IN THE
WATER ON THIS PRESIDENT AND THEY WILL TRY TO GET THE ADVANTAGE
OVER THE DEMOCRATS AND THE PRESIDENT.
FOR SOMEONE LIKE TRUMP THIS IS NOT ABOUT PUSHING FOR HEALTHCARE
POLICY THAT AMERICANS LIKE OR WANT AND ARE IN FAVOR OF, IT'S
ABOUT WINNING.
THE REASON WHY HE FAILED IN EVEN GETTING A VOTE ON
HIS PROPOSAL IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT IT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE
ENOUGH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
SO IT'S NOT
ABOUT GIVING YOU WHAT YOU WANT AS AN AMERICAN AND REPRESENTING
YOU, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE HE WINS AND LOOKS GOOD.
LISTEN TO
AMERICANS AND WHAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
LISTEN TO THOSE
TOWN HALLS WHERE PEOPLE GOT SO PASSIONATE.
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY COMPLACENT WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES LIKE THIS, AND
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT
TO GO TO TOWN HALLS.
FIVE YEARS AGO IF YOU ASKED ME COULD YOU
IMAGINE AMERICANS GETTING SO FIRED UP THAT THEY GO TO TOWN
HALLS AND IT WOULD MAKE HEADLINES?
I WOULD SAY NO.
CAN I ADD ONE THING?
ONE THING YOU ARE FORGETTING IS OBAMA --
HE WANTS TO BEAT OBAMA ALL THE TIME.
HE'S CONSUMED BY IT.
HE MIGHT BE WILLING TO SHOOT HIS FOOT OFF TO DO IT.
IF HE
DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO, AND CUTS THESE SUBSIDIES, WILL
HE WIN?
LET'S JUMP AHEAD TO GRAPHIC EIGHT, SOME RECENT
POLLING DATA, 61% OF THE COUNTRY SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS ARE IN CHARGE SO IT'S THEIR PROBLEM,
WHICH SEEMS FAIR.
31% WOULD BLAME OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS IN
CONGRESS, I'M WILLING TO BET MANY OF THEM ARE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS.
7% ARE NOT SURE, MAYBE THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE
YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE COULD BE ON THE LINE.

Trump Sabotaging Obamacare Until He Gets His Way

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