Trump left something out of his Obamacare speech

 — the 21 million his plan leaves uninsured

Sarah Kliff · Wednesday, November 02, 2016, 10:21 am

Donald Trump spent Tuesday campaigning to repeal Obamacare, promising to replace it with something much better — a dubious claim at best.

"If we don't repeal and replace Obamacare, we will destroy American health care forever,” Trump said at his Pennsylvania rally.

Trump called the law a “catastrophe” and lamented how deductibles could go “up to $15,000.” Meanwhile, he promised to deliver “quality, reliable, affordable health care” — and followed up with this tweet Wednesday morning.

I am going to repeal and replace ObamaCare. We will have MUCH less expensive and MUCH better healthcare. With Hillary, costs will triple!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2016

It is true that Obamacare premiums are rising sharply this year, and that threatens to make the plan unaffordable for some Americans.

But it’s also true that Trump’s health plan, which he released last March, would not fix the problem. If anything, experts say his plan would make health care much less accessible and reliable. By one estimate Trumpcare would cause 21 million Americans to lose coverage and cost hundreds of billions of dollars more than President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

Trump has spent the campaign season promising that his health plan would cover everyone, touting these claims from the Republican debates up through this week. But it is important to remember that Trump does have a policy proposal; he has named what he would do to replace Obamacare. And it falls very, very short of his campaign trail promises.

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http://www.vox.com/2016/11/2/13491812/trump-obamacare-repeal