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Assignment: After Obama Care: Health  under Trump

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After Obama Care – Health  under Trump

19/01/2017 GMT

After Obama Care: Health  under Trump

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What will President Trump do about healthcare in the United States?

As Donald Trump prepares to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Philippa Thomas looks at the impact of Obamacare and asks what a reformed US health system might look like.

What will the new president-elect do about healthcare in the United States? As Donald Trump prepares to dismantle so-called Obamacare, Philippa Thomas asks what a reformed US health system might look like.  

Under the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans, who hitherto, were unable to afford health insurance, were brought into a system which enabled them to be covered. But that was achieved at a price – a price, some say, is too expensive, inefficient and unfair. The system, critics argue, is too crude and overburdened by over-testing, over-diagnosis, and overcharging. 

So what will Trump do? Hearing from both families and experts, we look at his options and assess their likely impact. Having promised to dismantle Obamacare yet within days conceding the retention of some of its significant features, we ask how the new president can deliver on his election promises without weakening the health provision of many of the people who voted for him.  

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