{"id":241457,"date":"2025-12-19T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/241457\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:00:08","slug":"trump-said-he-has-no-bigger-healthcare-plans-obamacare-will-repeal-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/241457\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump said he has no bigger healthcare plans: Obamacare will &#8216;repeal itself&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul data-testid=\"Summary\" class=\"summary-module__summary__QjADA\">\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t have to do anything,&#8221; Trump tells NBC<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Trump says ACA will be &#8216;too expensive&#8217; to use<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">President reiterates support for House Republicans&#8217; bill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not plan to unveil a broader healthcare overhaul and that there was no need to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which provides access to health insurance, because Americans will just stop using it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As far as I\u2019m concerned, I rolled it out last night,&#8221; Trump told NBC on Thursday, a day after his fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives passed <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/republican-infighting-healthcare-erupts-us-house-subsidy-expiration-approaches-2025-12-17\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a healthcare bill<\/a> and blocked a Democratic-backed extension of federal subsidies for health insurance premiums.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/trump-said-he-has-no-bigger-healthcare-plans-obamacare-will-repeal-itself-2025-12-19\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fbusiness%2Fhealthcare-pharmaceuticals%2Ftrump-said-he-has-no-bigger-healthcare-plans-obamacare-will-repeal-itself-2025-12-19%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t have to do anything, because Obamacare would just repeal itself automatically because nobody\u2019s going to want to use it. Too expensive,&#8221; he added in the phone interview released Friday.<\/p>\n<p>About 24 million Americans buy their health insurance through the ACA, nicknamed Obamacare because it was passed under Democratic President Barack Obama. The U.S. government increased subsidies during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that aid expires on December 31 unless Congress acts, leaving users vulnerable to potentially sharply higher costs starting January 1.<\/p>\n<p>About a dozen House Republicans have pushed for their own bipartisan healthcare reforms aimed at protecting constituents in swing districts before November&#8217;s elections, which threaten their majority control. Healthcare costs along with other higher consumer prices have fueled public discontent over the economy and <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/republicans-risk-moderates-us-house-majority-with-no-healthcare-extension-2025-12-19\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could loom large at the polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, House Republicans this week passed a Trump-backed bill that aims to lower premiums for some people while reducing overall subsidies and raising premiums for others, starting January 2027 &#8211; two months after voters cast their ballots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a very simple plan,&#8221; Trump told NBC. &#8220;We\u2019re going to pay the money directly to the people&#8230; we\u2019re going to let them buy their own healthcare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Reporting by Susan Heavey; 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