Trump promises to replace Obamacare with his own healthcare 'alternative'

 Former President Trump has promised to roll back the Affordable Care Act (ACA) established by Obama if he is elected president in 2024, despite several failed attempts to end it in the past.

"Obamacare is too expensive, and otherwise, not good healthcare," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

The Christmas post comes as Congress has long been attempting to repeal the ACA, commonly known as Obamacare, but without success.

Republicans have largely abandoned the crusade against former President Obama's signature health care bill. Nonetheless, Trump vowed that he would "come up with a much better and less expensive alternative!"

"People will be happy, not sad!" Trump wrote.

Last month, Trump wrote on Truth Social that "getting better health care for the American people than Obamacare will be a priority for the Trump Administration." Obamacare was enacted in March 2010.

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"It's not a matter of cost, it's a matter of health," he wrote. "America would have one of the best health care plans in the world. Right now it has one of the worst!"

However, GOP lawmakers have indicated that reigniting the fight against Obamacare is not a priority. At the time of Trump's post last month, Senator Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D. Reportedly stated that he was a supporter of reducing health care costs and "making our health care system more efficient."

The ranking Republican on the Senate Health Committee, Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., also said such a health care replacement is "unlikely to happen."

Earlier this year, a Texas judge, best known for previously striking down Obamacare as unconstitutional, struck down mandatory coverage for contraception and HIV prevention, siding with a conservative activist and a Christian dentist on religious grounds. Repealed an important aspect of the health care law related to.

The March decision challenged Obamacare's requirement for insurers to cover some preventive care, raising concerns in the Biden administration and more than 20 mostly Democrat-controlled states.

This legal battle is reminiscent of previous challenges, notably a lawsuit by the Little Sisters of the Poor in 2020, when the Supreme Court upheld exemptions to Obamacare's insurance requirements for religiously affiliated groups and select for-profit companies.

In January 2023, approximately 16 million Americans enrolled in Obamacare plans for the year, representing a 13% increase from the previous year.