In more proof that Donald Trump’s mental health may be in a “death spiral” of its own, the president kicked off the weekend with a morning tweet saying that former President Barack Obama is to blame for Obamacare’s current troubles.
In the post, Trump slammed rising premiums and deductibles, but he conveniently forgot that the uncertainty caused by him and Republicans in Congress are causing much of the law’s troubles.
Trump’s tweet:
Democrats slam GOP healthcare proposal as Obamacare premiums & deductibles increase by over 100%. Remember keep your doctor, keep your plan?
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2017
By attacking President Obama, Trump isn’t only looking desperate as the GOP health plan struggles to gain support, but he’s telling another massive lie.
According to a Bloomberg report last month, Obamacare itself isn’t to blame for rising premiums – Trump and the Republicans are.
“Health insurers are asking for sharp increases in the cost of their Obamacare plans next year, thanks to instability in the law’s coverage markets that’s been compounded by the Trump administration,” Bloomberg noted.
A more recent report in The Hill outlined this same thing – that GOP sabotage is causing much of the law’s troubles.
“Insurers all over the country have asked for double-digit rate increases for next year because the Trump administration has yet to provide clarity on whether it will continue ObamaCare insurer payments known as cost sharing reduction subsidies,” the report noted.
In the swing state of Iowa, GOP sabotage has led to a massive 43.5 percent increase in premiums in 2018.
The president is desperately trying to distract from his massively unpopular and disastrous health care plan, but the American people likely won’t buy it. The president and Republicans now own health care.
That’s a problem that Trump won’t be able to tweet his way out of.
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.
