Opinion | Trump wants to kill Obamacare because it's more popular than he is

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Opinion | Robert Schlesinger: Trump wants to kill Obamacare because it's more popular than he is. - NBCNewsTHINK

Wednesday, “Having worked on Obamacare replacement in 2014, I’ve seen up close how Republicans can’t agree on much of anything re healthcare. To move anything, Trump Admin will have to go all in, long-term. Doesn’t seem terribly likely.”once declared his surprise at the complexity of health careAll of this is of a piece with Trump’s apparent 2020 re-election strategy: Find issues that wind up the base in an effort to reassemble his winning coalition from 2016.

And that brings us to arguably the most troubling thing about Trump the politician: He’s president. And, as such even when he’s ineptly pursuing an unpopular agenda, he can still blunder into inflicting real damage on Americans.

 

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THINK Correct! He wants to obliterate ANYTHING Obama did. Mostly, just because it was Obama’s. Because he’s a self-serving, vindictive little b____.

THINK “I like the Great Lakes...there’s record deepness”. - Donald Trump

THINK Your a riot!

THINK Everyone is more popular than he is.

THINK I bet most people on this thread do not have ACA and if the ones that do are getting subsidies which is another name for taxpayer money.

RobertaD7777 THINK He is envious of President Obama in every way. Trump is an Orange joke.

THINK So True

THINK Opinion you either work for the DNC or the Clinton foundation. You obviously have a man crush on Obama.

THINK Who like trump

THINK We need public and private insurance not just one or the other. They seem to be working together now. No trust in exclusively private insurance, or pharmaceutical companies. They will rob people if not regulated.

THINK YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD!

THINK More nonsense from the Fake News.

THINK Trump will never be more popular than Obama on any level. His craziness will kill healthcare for millions out of sheer jealousy. How sick is that?

THINK BAHAHA BAHAHA BAHAHA! Not even hardly! Regardless of who the current president is, millions would love to see the ACA disappear after premiums and deductibles increased 200% and 300%, pushing them off their insurance plan. Opinions and anuses. Yep.

THINK LOL.

THINK We all know that’s bullshit. Even Obama didn’t like Obamacare

THINK Such total BS. Trump is just following up on another campaign promise (foreign concept to liberals). Obamacare is a poorly designed insolvent welfare program propped up by taxpayers. Repeal and replace

THINK

THINK And you call that journalism? Really?

THINK It's named obamacare. You can't pass trump care or repeal obamacare ( tried 60 times)

THINK Why does nbc have an opinion

THINK Ha....NOT!

UROCKlive1 THINK TRUE

THINK Never more popular

THINK False. Nobody wants Obama Care. Created by OBAMA for his reelection. But no freedom, penalties if not registered and no choice. This is not health Insurance. Like French or English. Does not work.

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THINK Is that why he's trying to kill America?

DHolubiak THINK So is syphilis!

THINK He wants to kill it to demonstrate the supremacy of a white mind over a black mind

THINK No he wants to kill it because it is an Obama legacy.

THINK No it’s more expensive

THINK Republicans doni want health care they want government were they pay for nothing. Were they get extra because they got rich.

THINK Actually, Obamacare was wrong about FORCING every American into Obamacare. it really has nohing to do with a popularity contest. and everything to do with,: as an American, I,ll be insured if I decide that, s what I want, Reality check, this is the U.S. A. (not Cuba or Russia.)

THINK ha ha

THINK Yes we really love having to pay a premium plus a 6000$ copay before benefits kick in. They should call it Obama care-less. It needs to go. The only one benefiting is the insurance companies. I bet there is a money trail leading right into the Democrats wallets

THINK I’m glad to hear someone say it. This is why Donald Trump is so dangerous to our beloved country.

THINK No surprise there. It really shows since trump and those very unintelligent and just stupid republican politicians over 2 years to try to get rid of it

THINK Probably... but if the people were just smart enough to take Obama’s name off of it and call it Trumpcare, he would love it. Won’t have to change a thing. In fact, if we called All the aids.. TrumpAid, he would sign on the dotted line straight away. Get cracking, GOP-REDHATTERS

THINK what a SHAME it's about him,

THINK That’s like saying Ebola is more popular then the flu which one would you rather have

THINK I totally believe that , ! Trump wants to get rid of anything O' bama did because he knows O'bama is way smarter than he is. And so much nicer.

THINK Trump’s ego run amuck-it’s not about good policy with Trump-it’s about him! 😂😂😂🙄🙄

THINK 😆Ok, sure. If it helps you sleep at night...

THINK George Conway has it right narcissistic personality disorder

THINK I believe it....!

THINK He can kill off everything Obama was ever involved with, but BarackObama will always be more popular than realDonaldTrump

THINK We can go on and on but this country will re-elect him.

THINK Bs

THINK There's a reason this headline uses the word 'Opinion'.

THINK

THINK Based on personal experience with someone afflicted with that malady, I observe that a narcissist can not find good in anything that he did not personally generate. All else is faulty and must be either eliminated or reworked and reassigned to him. Sound familiar?

THINK That is what drives every decision 45 makes.... never what’s good for the country

THINK What a vile, corrupt and disgraceful freak news agency of all time.

cibersuedoe THINK You're talking about popularity among Communists; who f*ng cares.

THINK And I’d like to kill government funded healthcare and pensions for the president, Vice President, Senators and congressmen!

THINK How much longer?

THINK Truth!

THINK Nah...tRUmp thinks everyone who signed up for Obamacare...ACA, voted for HRC, so he wants to take away their Healthcare to kill them off before the 2020Election.

THINK Obamacare makes his bone spurs act up

THINK The insanity continues with NBC= nothing but comedy

THINK Well it wasn’t more popular in my family because we couldn’t afford it and then we’re penalized on top of it! Robert Schlesinger’s sophomoric title isn’t worthy of a click.

THINK Trump wants to kill Obamacare, because it’s “Obama” care.

THINK Oh. Yeah that’s it!!! Please

THINK Why even waste time putting the word “opinion” there anymore

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THINK I had to retire medically because of Obama care. Couldn't afford the premiums or deductibles. Being cardiac survivor mexi al payments were 3/4 my salary.

THINK He might really get jealous at Easter, most Americans will be celebrating the Resurrection and not worshiping Trump.

THINK Lol...

THINK So is my dog.

THINK Hardly

THINK The whole world is more popular than trump. Trump is just a looser that can cast a spell on many of his fallowers .

THINK Well I guess that’s YOUR OPINION...the truth is Obamacare is a joke and should have never been implemented. But the republicans will soon be the party of healthcare. You should probably go write coloring books. Your opinion is a joke

THINK WRONG

THINK Trump is very jealous man

THINK Jajajajajajaj

THINK Wrong. More false statements. People can't wait to be free of having to pay a $2000 fine because they don't want to pay almost $5K per year with a $12K deductible. That is the truth of Obamacare. If the program was so tremendous, why did Congress exempt themselves from it?

THINK OBAMA ANYTHING IS AWESOME!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

DeniseDM5 THINK STIs are more popular than trump.

THINK Simply, he can’t get over the fact that a Black man, with better grades and higher education than he does became a POTUS and preceded him at the WH.

THINK And you are full of bullcrap!!! I lost my healthcare coverage under Obamacare and so did a lot of others. I know it pains you to realize that your god, Hussein Obama, totally laid an egg on this one. MAGA Trump2020

THINK 🤔

THINK Sure 🙄

THINK Nope, its just horrible expensive government mandate insurance that is killing Americans bank accounts and harming our poor with stupid high deductibles

THINK Are you sniffing glue?

THINK How the hell are you a news person? This is the most idiotic comment I've heard from NBC.....pretty much ever.

THINK Dumbest propaganda I've ever heard. How about the truth, people can't afford it! Deductibles are way too high. Promises my O'butthead were lies.

THINK For a good reason

seekerwisdom1 THINK OBAMAcare. Nuff said. It’s not about who he hurts, it’s about destroying Obama’s legacy.

THINK Yawn

THINK There are two kinds of Matter. Matter and Don’t Matter. Schlesinger Don’t Matter. My opinion

THINK Malaria is more pop then trump

dancindoti THINK Hey donald trump what is your health care plan? And could you make it longer than a bumper sticker!

THINK Anything that is not HIM.

THINK ha ha ha. poor Robert

THINK Now he starts. Trump doesn’t care. More distractions. Wake up Americans!!!!!!

THINK NBC.....Nothing But Collusion against Trump

THINK And Obama is twice the man he is, and at least twice as smart!

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THINK More popular than the fake news that’s for sure

kjblackhawk THINK Athletes foot is more popular.

THINK Weenie.

DeniseDM5 THINK He is so jealous of President Obama! He wants everything gone that has President Obama's stamp on it! Jealousy is a terrible thing! He is obsessed with President Obama! Really obsessed!!!!

THINK What was wrong with what we had before this was shoved down our throats. At least I could afford the lower deductibles then and meds were cheaper. Why are we forced to use this aca when politicians do not even use it. Let them use this system they passed tell us how good it ia

THINK remove “care” from that sentence and you’re closer to the truth

THINK NBC is so sad.

THINK In your dreams

THINK Obamacare popular? Not at $1,450 A month for a family of 4.

THINK LIST OF THINGS MORE POPULAR THAN TRUMP: *1/16 roll of duct tape *broken taillight *wad of dryer lint *1989 Pontiac Bonneville with a seized engine *chlamydia *VHS workout tape *moldy creamed corn leftovers in back of fridge *14 hour Greyhound bus rides *Arby's

THINK Bwahahahaha Obama has to pass the ACA in the middle of the night! Obama lied & the people cried. realDonaldTrump has over 100 million followers on social media. The only way the ACA could get numbers like that would to be force single payer on the American people.

THINK Sad you can only write opinions now that the whole world knows you can’t report or care to report the truth. Your opinion means nothing to me and from what I understand, not to very many

THINK I don't know anybody who agrees with that. Scrap this unconstitutional healthcare and give us a good fair and affordable healthcare plan Mr. President.

THINK 7 to 12 grand deductibles for a blue collar family. What’s wrong with you fools? Tell the truth. Obamacare sucks bigly!

THINK This might be the dumbest comment yet by NBCNEWS! Hmm 🤔how many millions voted for our President? Yea he isn’t popular 🤣..Geez is this the best u could come up with to say about our President NBC?

UROCKlive1 THINK Sad.

THINK There must be a section of America's elites that wants or needs Trump in power because it aligns with some of their perverse values like 'the secret believe in white supremacy', or the need to push Netanyahu's Israel in the ME but do they not get how despicable this man is?

UROCKlive1 THINK realDonaldTrump just cannot stand to be beaten in every way by a half-black former POTUS who has more intelligence, class, and dignity in the tip of one finger than sociopathic ConManTrump has ever had or will ever have. It stings bad, don’t it, Donnie. 😂

THINK Trump is the rich punk daddy's boy from Queen that got no respect form anyone in the salons of NYC and he held that grudge every since. He's going to show all those bastards who made fun of him for being stupid. Especially those c___ts who mocked him.

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TimInHonolulu THINK So are Measles & air pollution. He doesn't have to look far to find things more popular than he is, but this one has Obama's name on it, and that's something he really can't stand.

UROCKlive1 THINK He wants to kill the ACA because he thinks it’s actually called Obamacare. He won’t stop until he has completely erased Obama.

THINK NBC shows it’s hand!!!!

THINK howstupid

THINK Anti Trump Propaganda!!!

THINK Pffffff. You can get better opinions from a unicorn.

THINK Opinion...REALLY? So bobby's opinion is not worth much if he thinks BO Care is more popular than Trump is. But then there are college age to opinion by.

THINK Trump is a terrorist and should be treated accordingly.

THINK He wants to get rid of anything that reminds him of Obama.

THINK I remember when Trump, the miserable unfit lying SOB tried this before👎👎!

THINK Trump wants to rewrite history with Trump as the most greatest he has ever been

THINK This is obviously someone speaking that can afford doubled out-of-pocket charges, doubling of their part of the premium, loss of specialists and having to change doctors. Obamacare was a disaster and anyone that has used health insurance before and after knows. It hurt the poor.

THINK I don’t think so it’s to expensive before I went on Medicare my payment was $1,400.00 a month with out the credits I could not have afforded it. Now I pay $38.00 on my supplement.

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THINK Obamacare sucks

THINK This is not hard to understand, it’s Obama’s signature achievement, Obama made fun of Trump in front of a bunch of rich people and got laughs (2011 WHCD). Trump is a bully who can’t take being laughed at, grudge held. Any more questions?

THINK Get the government out of our healthcare.

THINK pointing and laughing

THINK He wants to kill Ovomitcare because it’s neither affordable or care.

THINK They are so right

THINK Perhaps we could get New York City to rename the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets to 'Obama Way'.

THINK

THINK Trump thinks health care is working till you drop dead.

THINK 😂😂😂😂👌. Yeah ok

THINK Exactly! Trump’s Nonexistent Healthcare plan is not worth trying to start up, and He should be focused on fixing ObamaCare, and he could even call the enhanced plan TrumpCare, cuz we know he loves his own name....

THINK Lol

THINK Dumbest opinion in America

THINK And President Obama is way more popular than realDonaldTrump. realDonaldTrump is so jealous he’s destroying our country over it. Not to mention he’s a racist and hated having a black President. realDonaldTrump will never measure up to President Obama or be as respected.

THINK Idiocy brought to you by

THINK Ok

THINK No surprise here. Always putting himself above the good of Americans. Even his base.

THINK This mans ego will kill many.

THINK I do not know one person who actually had insurance b4, that got better. Myself included.

THINK DNC propaganda outlets like continue to peddle this biased drivel. It just proves they can't be trusted by people.

THINK Once again - freaking , common sense needs no rationalizing . What IS - just IS.

THINK What a liar. The DNC voted not to run on Obamacare for the mid-terms because it's a loser. They scammed millions with the Medicare for all scheme to get elected.

THINK Yeah i really love handing over my entire tax return because I couldn’t afford health Obama care

THINK wrong wrong wring its crap and ppl hate it dr's hate it stop the lies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u sick ppl

THINK Really? That’s the mistiming argument ever. You won’t get your self-destroyed credibility from lying to Americans for two years on your Collusion Delusion with weak propaganda like this.

THINK 14 day old rotten fish chewing flavored gum is more popular than he is.

THINK Trump 2020

THINK 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

THINK Worst insurance ever in my life

THINK It has been the worst healthcare I ever had in my life, that is why it needs to go away

THINK I agree everything's more popular than he is

THINK No it’s because it’s garbage

THINK This sounds like what a teenage girl would say : 'Mary is just jealous about Stacy because she's more popular than she is' You sound exactly like that. Except that you're grown adults supposedly doing 'journalism'. Stop having your headlines written by 12 yrs old girls.

THINK That must be why voters rewarded Democrats so greatly after it was passed.

THINK Stop. All he’s going to end up doing is changing the name and call it his. That’s all he does. Breaks up good things. Creates chaos. Then reinstates it and calls it his. realDonaldTrump is a moron.

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THINK Also seems that he still has it in for Hillary (who tried early on to bring health care to all,) President Obama (ACA = Obamacare), and John McCain, (who fouled the “repeal” vote.) There’s no policy here, except revenge. When people’s lives are on the line. Sickening.

THINK Want a simple-minded take. I could find better political insight scribbled in the stalls at the local Denny's.

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THINK Opinión Fake news over and over.

THINK Let’s get this straight, trump is a puppet of talk radio slime and people like hannity. They propagate stuff and trump regurgitates it. Obamacare is a failure. But instead of fixing it or offering something else trump just bloviates.

THINK He wants to erase every single memory and achievement of his. And, if he could, I'm sure he would tear down and remove him from the history books. And he never, ever will.

Lewis_Medeiros THINK Given how uneducated he is I bet it's at least 40% the nickname alone. Makes me wonder if they renamed it Trumpcare he would actually stop attacking it. Maybe that's the way to pass the good laws. Just plaster his name in all caps there so he is satisfied without even reading it

THINK very smart move Mr President, very pathetic

THINK Really it’s so popular it’s made all my insurance rates go up! I don’t know what crack your smoking? But that is in a literally insane “story” get out from the Bubble! And find out what the real world thinks of this!

THINK Yup, that's shamefully right.

THINK Opinion

THINK Lol FakeNews

THINK Thank God Opinions are not Facts. Let me help: Trump wants to kill Obamacare because it's one of the most hurtful programs for the American people and businesses. Fixed it, you're welcome! You are FakeNews

THINK why do old people look like they are really really sad? look at trumps picture here, look at the line his mouth makes, that is sad🍌🍌🍌🍌

THINK Mr. Trump is very jealous of Mr. Obama because Mr. Obama is more popular than Mr. Trump.

THINK Haemorrhoids are likely to be more popular that Trump 🙄

THINK I SUPPORT HIM TO KILL ALL OBAMA'S POLICIES,BECAUSE ALL ARE EVIL AND WICKED,NOT FOR THE GOOD INTEREST OF AMERICANS.

THINK and because he hates the name. He doesn't want anything with the Obama name.

THINK It's a testament to this man's obsession with Pres. Barack Obama. He wants to destroy anything and everything that is related to President Obama's time at the WH.

TimInHonolulu THINK It's healthcare not Obamacare.

THINK NBCnews hope you are happy with yourself for inciting more division of our nation -pointless divisive news

THINK But It's not popular at all...

THINK Trump and is family are a embarrassment to this Country

THINK It’s a popular idea, but this version was a disaster. It’s needs to be scrapped and replaced with something better. Trump is doing the right thing.

THINK Ebola is more popular than he is.

THINK Measles is more popular than Trump.

THINK Trump wants to kill Obama care because it's Obama.

THINK Lock this guy up with 4 point restraints! He is a coo coo!

THINK Hemorrhoids is more popular

THINK NBC and its opinion is seldom convincing.

THINK Not even close... Americans (not Trump) want to “kill” Obamacare because it has destroyed health care. Blame us not him.

THINK Psst.. He’s not popular. We’re voting him out in 20/20 💙🙌🏻💙

THINK Toenail fungus may be more popular than realDonaldTrump , but he's not campaigning to wipe it out.

THINK Opinion is definitely the operative word here.

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THINK He wants to kill Obamacare just like he wants to destroy every good thing about Obama. Why? Because like most on the right who despised Obama so much...he’s racist

THINK Replace it with Universal Healthcare!

THINK No. It’s because OBAMA IS BLACK.

THINK Ra Rrrrrr🔺👁️❤️

TimInHonolulu THINK So is herpes. Why not focus on killing THAT? .

THINK Dog poop on the bottom of your shoe is more popular than this fool.

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