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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Trouble with Trumpcare

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Politics, Washington, News, Obama, Wnyc, President, Lizza, Barack, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The Republicans’ determination to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act poses problems for the new President. John Cassidy joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how Democrats intend to use the coming battle to weaken Trump’s support among voters.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

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It's Thursday, January 19th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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Last week, the Republican Congress took its first steps toward repealing the Affordable Care Act.

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Donald Trump tried to explain what he had in mind on Fox News.

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And we're going to have a plan that's going to be great for people.

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And it's going to be much less expensive.

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And you will be able to actually have something to say about who your doctor is and your plan.

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So, and we're going to have, you know, we have to cover

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people that can't afford it. And that's what I'm talking about. And we'll probably have

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block grants of Medicaid back into the States and we'll do things because there are people

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that can't afford it. And nobody's going to be dying on the streets with the President Trump.

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We want to take care of everybody.

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