Obamacare Repeal Bills Were 'Moving Deck Chairs on the Titanic,’ Shapiro Says

CTA takes “no position” on GOP efforts to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Gary Shapiro emailed us. Shapiro stands by the views he expressed the morning after Donald Trump's November victory (see 1611090038) and so he still thinks the new president “should have started with infrastructure and cut a deal” with Republicans and Democrats in the Congress, he said. On Trump’s vow this week to “let Obamacare fail” after Republicans failed to muster enough votes in the Senate to repeal and replace the ACA, "now that he is here” on healthcare, Trump “should try a new approach working with Ds and cutting costs rather than just reallocate them,” Shapiro said. Shapiro thinks the GOP bills to repeal and replace the ACA were like “moving the deck chairs on the Titanic,” he said. “We need to address rising cost of healthcare.” The White House didn’t comment Thursday.