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How Trumpcare Could Lower Medical Costs

How Trumpcare Could Lower Medical Costs
A person walks into the UniVista Insurance company office where people sign up for health care plans under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in Miami on Dec. 15, 2015. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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In 2016, candidate Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare and replace it with “something terrific.” The replacement never materialized. The repeal, however, had been making progress in a piece-by-piece fashion. President Trump has made a frontal assault on the Affordable Care Act by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike it down altogether. As it happens, Obamacare has become popular, and so, with the next election approaching, Trump badly needs a replacement.

Froma Harrop
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