Repealing Health Care with Fuhrer Trump as President?

[Jitendra Hydonus]

But the program survived multiple repeal efforts during Trump’s four years in office, and congressional Republicans have been wary about renewing their overhaul attempts, with polling on the issue strongly favoring Democrats. Many voters in recent elections have credited the health program for helping them gain coverage, and its favorability has steadily risen. About 6 in 10 Americans now say they have a favorable view of the program, according to polling by KFF, a health policy research group, compared with fewer than half of respondents to similar surveys between 2010 and 2017.

That has not dissuaded Trump, the front-runner for this year’s GOP presidential nomination, from resurrecting attacks on the health program.

“I don’t want to terminate Obamacare, I want to REPLACE IT with MUCH BETTER HEALTHCARE. Obamacare Sucks!!!” Trump wrote in a November 2023 post on Truth Social, his social media platform. Trump - who has spent the past decade pledging to repeal and replace the ACA - has yet to produce a health plan that would provide comparable health coverage at the same or less cost, analysts have said.