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Trump needs to give this time... repeal by itself is not an option. He was elected on ‘repeal and replace’...

For me it was about repeal. I wanted them to do that and let the chips fall where they may. I don’t want the government involved in my health care. Any replacement must be in the form of reducing government regulation.

As I said before the election, if the only thing Trump does as president is repeal Obamacare, I’ll be good... And to take it a step further, all I really care about is repealing the mandates. It will then collapse on its own. Which, actually, is what it is already doing anyway.

For me it was about repeal. I wanted them to do that and let the chips fall where they may.

For the top two thirds of Americans you are mostly right. Our old insurance system worked just fine for most of us.

The problem is that none of us are willing to allow young people and children to die in hospital parking lots or on Americas streets. It's not our way.

So people bleeding to death from a car accident are treated. Children with pneumonia - whose parents don't have health insurance - are treated and saved. You wouldn't have it any other way. Either would I... and that's the rub. We get taken because we're unwilling to see we're PAYING FOR THAT CARE NOW. We want to pretend we're NOT paying for these folks now... but we are. And we're providing massively expensive and horrible care for those who can't afford health insurance. ...

That's got to stop.

When a poor person uses the local hospital emergency room for a bad case of the sniffles or a sprained ankle, YOU and I get charged thousands of dollars in hospital tax write-offs etc. One visit to an Emergency room can cost in the thousands. The same care in a doctor's office for those of us who are middle class might cost a hundred bucks - and with our insurance - maybe $20 or maybe nothing. YOU'RE paying top dollar for that ER Room Care for the poor person with the sniffles - and so am I. And that's why we can't just 'repeal'.

Replacing ObamaCare for the top third of Americans is easy. Repeal it. For the next third - a hybrid... and for the bottom third an updated medical system that utilizes technology for diagnosis and treatment. It'll be cheaper AND better. And it replaces the Emergency room tax write off boondoggle...

Trump could enlist Bill Gates to create and put in place the system... better, cheaper, and ahead of schedule. And offer Gates the opportunity to 'give' the system to any poor countries he wants to give it to...