REPEAL of Obamacare began in earnest last week, before Barack Obama had even left the White House (see 鈥�Resisting Trump: How to survive the coming surveillance state?鈥�).
Both chambers of the US Congress have voted through a measure that will begin the process of dismantling Obama鈥檚 Affordable Care Act (ACA), allowing major budgetary elements to be removed without cooperation from Democrats.
鈥淲e need more detail on how such a big task is to be accomplished, and how it will be any different鈥�
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Donald Trump has declared that his replacement plan for the ACA is almost complete, and will aim to offer health insurance for everybody. People covered under his new law 鈥渃an expect to have great healthcare鈥� in a simplified, less expensive form, he told The Washington Post on 14 January.
Trump claimed that savings will be made by forcing pharmaceutical companies to sell drugs more cheaply to the state-run health insurance systems Medicaid and Medicare.
Health experts say that, until Trump discloses more specifics, it鈥檚 hard to know whether his plans would work. 鈥淲e need more detail on how such a big task is to be accomplished, how it would be different from the ACA, and how it would pay for itself,鈥� says Nadereh Pourat at the University of California, Los Angeles.
It also remains unclear how the proposals will fit with an alternative plan that is due to be discussed later this month by Republican Party lawmakers.
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