Ledger · First term · № 99

"Insurance for everybody" in the Obamacare replacement

Never delivered
“We're going to have insurance for everybody. There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don't get it. That's not going to happen with us.”
Promised
, Interview with The Washington Post
Re-promised
3 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Health care
Era
First term

What happened

No replacement plan providing universal coverage was ever produced. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the House-passed AHCA would increase the number of uninsured by 23 million by 2026. FactCheck.org reported the number of uninsured Americans rose by about 3 million during Trump's term, to roughly 28 million.

Sources

  1. Trump vows 'insurance for everybody' in Obamacare replacement plan The Washington Post, Jan 15, 2017
  2. Trump promises his Obamacare replacement plan will cover everybody CNN, Jan 15, 2017
  3. Trump's Final Numbers FactCheck.org, Oct 8, 2021