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Timeline of Trump's Lies About Healthcare
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<blockquote data-quote="pakicetus" data-source="post: 71036334" data-attributes="member: 375873"><p>Hey people, I compiled a list of times Trump either lied about his healthcare plan or made promises about it that he obviously could never deliver. Splitting them into four categories:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE</strong></span></p><p></p><p>28 September 2015: <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-on-healthcare-i-am-going-to-take-care-of-everyone/article/2572922" target="_blank">Trump on Healthcare: I Am Going to Take Care of Everyone</a></p><p></p><p>28 September 2015: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2015/09/28/donald-trump-on-obamacare-on-60-minutes-everybodys-got-to-be-covered-and-the-governments-gonna-pay-for-it/#6bc24384540e" target="_blank">Donald Trump on 60 Minutes: 'Everybody's Got to Be Covered' and 'The Government's Gonna Pay for It'</a></p><p></p><p>16 January 2017: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/16/trump-reportedly-insists-healthcare-replacement-will-have-insurance-for-everybody.html" target="_blank">Trump Insists Health Care Replacement Will Have 'Insurance for Everybody'</a></p><p></p><p>13 March 2017: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/cbo-report-health-care/" target="_blank">CBO Report: 24 Million Fewer Insured by 2026 Under GOP Health Care Bill</a></p><p></p><p>13 March 2017: <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/obamacare-uninsured-white-house-236019" target="_blank">White House Analysis of Obamacare Repeal Sees Even Deeper Insurance Losses than CBO</a></p><p></p><p>16 March 2017: <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/16/520390147/trump-administration-proposes-big-cuts-in-medical-research" target="_blank">Trump Administration Proposes Big Cuts in Medical Research</a></p><p></p><p>24 March 2017: <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-on-healthcare-i-am-going-to-take-care-of-everyone/article/2572922" target="_blank">House Republicans change their healthcare bill to repeal Obamacare's requirement that insurance plans have to cover mental health treatment and maternity care</a></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">OBAMACARE REPEAL: GETTING THINGS DONE</span></strong></p><p></p><p>9 February 2016: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/24/its-true-trump-didnt-pledge-obamacare-repeal-in-64-days-he-pledged-it-in-one/" target="_blank">Trump says "We will immediately repeal and replace Obamacare—and nobody can do that like me"</a></p><p></p><p>8 August 2016: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/24/its-true-trump-didnt-pledge-obamacare-repeal-in-64-days-he-pledged-it-in-one/" target="_blank">Trump's campaign website says "One of my first acts as President will be to repeal and replace disastrous Obamacare"</a></p><p></p><p>1 November 2016: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/24/its-true-trump-didnt-pledge-obamacare-repeal-in-64-days-he-pledged-it-in-one/" target="_blank">Trump says "When we win on November 8th and elect a Republican Congress, we will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare"</a></p><p></p><p>24 March 2017: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/president-trump-called-my-cellphone-to-say-that-the-health-care-bill-was-dead/2017/03/24/8282c3f6-10ce-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_costa-5pm" target="_blank">Trump says "I never said I was going to repeal and replace in the first 61 days"</a></p><p></p><p>24 March 2017: After a grand three weeks of barely trying to replace Obamacare, Trump gives up</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>TAXING THE RICH</strong></span></p><p></p><p>28 September 2015: <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/donald-trump-2016-tax-plan-214139" target="_blank">Trump: My Tax Plan is Going to 'Cost Me a Fortune'</a></p><p></p><p>28 September 2015 (THE SAME DAY): Trump releases <a href="https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/trump-tax-reform.pdf" target="_blank">a tax plan</a> that would give the average millionaire <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/11/13/501739277/who-benefits-from-donald-trumps-tax-plan" target="_blank">a tax cut of $317,000</a></p><p></p><p>21 April 2016: <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/04/21/trump_i_believe_in_raising_taxes_on_the_wealthy_including_myself.html" target="_blank">Trump: I Believe in Raising Taxes on the Wealthy, 'Including Myself'</a></p><p></p><p>22 March 2017: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2017/03/22/in-amended-health-care-bill-gop-doubles-down-on-tax-breaks-for-the-rich-reduced-medicaid-funding/#3ecd284e6b7d" target="_blank">In Amended Health Care Bill, GOP Doubles Down on Tax Breaks for the Rich, Reduced Medicaid Funding</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>MEDICAID FUNDING</strong></span></p><p></p><p>7 May 2015: <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/596338364187602944" target="_blank">Trump says "I was the first and only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid"</a></p><p></p><p>21 May 2015: <a href="http://dailysignal.com/2015/05/21/why-donald-trump-wont-touch-your-entitlements/" target="_blank">Trump says "I'm not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid"</a></p><p></p><p>11 July 2015: <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/619784061339439104" target="_blank">Trump says "The Republicans who want to cut SS & Medicaid are wrong"</a></p><p></p><p>13 March 2017: <a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3516452/CBO-Health-Care-Cost-Estimates.pdf" target="_blank">The Congressional Budget Office projects Trump's healthcare bill would cut $880 billion from Medicaid</a></p><p></p><p>To recap: Trump promised to replace Obamacare by covering everyone, then tried to throw 26 million people off of health insurance; he promised to protect Medicaid, then tried to massively cut its funding; and he promised to raise taxes on the rich, then tried to give rich people huge tax cuts. Those are three gigantic, cruel, years-long lies. And they all follow the same pattern: some of his words support poor and working-class people, while his actions all try to plunder the working class and hand more money to the rich.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pakicetus, post: 71036334, member: 375873"] Hey people, I compiled a list of times Trump either lied about his healthcare plan or made promises about it that he obviously could never deliver. Splitting them into four categories: [SIZE=5][B]TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE[/B][/SIZE] 28 September 2015: [URL='http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-on-healthcare-i-am-going-to-take-care-of-everyone/article/2572922']Trump on Healthcare: I Am Going to Take Care of Everyone[/URL] 28 September 2015: [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2015/09/28/donald-trump-on-obamacare-on-60-minutes-everybodys-got-to-be-covered-and-the-governments-gonna-pay-for-it/#6bc24384540e']Donald Trump on 60 Minutes: 'Everybody's Got to Be Covered' and 'The Government's Gonna Pay for It'[/URL] 16 January 2017: [URL='http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/16/trump-reportedly-insists-healthcare-replacement-will-have-insurance-for-everybody.html']Trump Insists Health Care Replacement Will Have 'Insurance for Everybody'[/URL] 13 March 2017: [URL='http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/cbo-report-health-care/']CBO Report: 24 Million Fewer Insured by 2026 Under GOP Health Care Bill[/URL] 13 March 2017: [URL='http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/obamacare-uninsured-white-house-236019']White House Analysis of Obamacare Repeal Sees Even Deeper Insurance Losses than CBO[/URL] 16 March 2017: [URL='http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/16/520390147/trump-administration-proposes-big-cuts-in-medical-research']Trump Administration Proposes Big Cuts in Medical Research[/URL] 24 March 2017: [URL='http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-on-healthcare-i-am-going-to-take-care-of-everyone/article/2572922']House Republicans change their healthcare bill to repeal Obamacare's requirement that insurance plans have to cover mental health treatment and maternity care[/URL] [B][SIZE=5]OBAMACARE REPEAL: GETTING THINGS DONE[/SIZE][/B] 9 February 2016: [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/24/its-true-trump-didnt-pledge-obamacare-repeal-in-64-days-he-pledged-it-in-one/']Trump says "We will immediately repeal and replace Obamacare—and nobody can do that like me"[/URL] 8 August 2016: [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/24/its-true-trump-didnt-pledge-obamacare-repeal-in-64-days-he-pledged-it-in-one/']Trump's campaign website says "One of my first acts as President will be to repeal and replace disastrous Obamacare"[/URL] 1 November 2016: [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/24/its-true-trump-didnt-pledge-obamacare-repeal-in-64-days-he-pledged-it-in-one/']Trump says "When we win on November 8th and elect a Republican Congress, we will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare"[/URL] 24 March 2017: [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/president-trump-called-my-cellphone-to-say-that-the-health-care-bill-was-dead/2017/03/24/8282c3f6-10ce-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_costa-5pm']Trump says "I never said I was going to repeal and replace in the first 61 days"[/URL] 24 March 2017: After a grand three weeks of barely trying to replace Obamacare, Trump gives up [SIZE=5][B]TAXING THE RICH[/B][/SIZE] 28 September 2015: [URL='http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/donald-trump-2016-tax-plan-214139']Trump: My Tax Plan is Going to 'Cost Me a Fortune'[/URL] 28 September 2015 (THE SAME DAY): Trump releases [URL='https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/trump-tax-reform.pdf']a tax plan[/URL] that would give the average millionaire [URL='http://www.npr.org/2016/11/13/501739277/who-benefits-from-donald-trumps-tax-plan']a tax cut of $317,000[/URL] 21 April 2016: [URL='http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/04/21/trump_i_believe_in_raising_taxes_on_the_wealthy_including_myself.html']Trump: I Believe in Raising Taxes on the Wealthy, 'Including Myself'[/URL] 22 March 2017: [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2017/03/22/in-amended-health-care-bill-gop-doubles-down-on-tax-breaks-for-the-rich-reduced-medicaid-funding/#3ecd284e6b7d']In Amended Health Care Bill, GOP Doubles Down on Tax Breaks for the Rich, Reduced Medicaid Funding[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]MEDICAID FUNDING[/B][/SIZE] 7 May 2015: [URL='https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/596338364187602944']Trump says "I was the first and only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid"[/URL] 21 May 2015: [URL='http://dailysignal.com/2015/05/21/why-donald-trump-wont-touch-your-entitlements/']Trump says "I'm not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid"[/URL] 11 July 2015: [URL='https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/619784061339439104']Trump says "The Republicans who want to cut SS & Medicaid are wrong"[/URL] 13 March 2017: [URL='https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3516452/CBO-Health-Care-Cost-Estimates.pdf']The Congressional Budget Office projects Trump's healthcare bill would cut $880 billion from Medicaid[/URL] To recap: Trump promised to replace Obamacare by covering everyone, then tried to throw 26 million people off of health insurance; he promised to protect Medicaid, then tried to massively cut its funding; and he promised to raise taxes on the rich, then tried to give rich people huge tax cuts. Those are three gigantic, cruel, years-long lies. And they all follow the same pattern: some of his words support poor and working-class people, while his actions all try to plunder the working class and hand more money to the rich. [/QUOTE]
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