Obamacare full of broken promises: Trump

Obamacare is full of broken promises, US President Donald Trump said today and asked lawmakers to support the Republican reform plan to repeal and replace the affordable health care of his predecessor.
"Seven years ago this month, Obamacare was signed into law over the profound objections of American people. Our citizens were told they would have to pass Obamacare to find out what it was and how bad it was," Trump said in his weekly radio and web address that was also carried on Facebook Live.
"Now we know that the hundreds of pages were full of broken promises. Americans were promised that Obamacare would bring premiums down USD2,500 for a typical family. Instead, they've gone up by more than USD4,000," he said.

Trump said through seven long years of botched rollouts, soaring costs, cancelled plans, and bureaucratic mandates, Americans have called out for relief.
"And relief is what we are determined to give them. I want every American to know that action on Obamacare is an urgent necessity," he said.
"The law is collapsing around us, and if we do not act to save Americans from this wreckage, it will take our healthcare system all the way down with it. If we do nothing, millions more innocent Americans will be hurt - and badly hurt. That's why we must repeal and replace Obamacare," Trump asserted.

"House Republicans have put forward a plan that gets rid of this terrible law and replaces it with reforms that empower states and consumers," he said.
"You will have the choice and the freedom to make the decisions that are right for your family. The House plan follows the guidelines I laid out in my recent address to Congress - expanding choice, lowering costs, and providing healthcare access for all," he said.