Asiye Latife Yilmaz
08 November 2025•Update: 09 November 2025
ISTANBUL
US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Senate Republicans to scrap Obamacare and redirect the funds sent to health insurance companies “directly to the people.”
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump criticized the insurance program introduced under former President Barack Obama, arguing that it has failed to improve the country’s healthcare system.
He recommended to Senate Republicans that the “Hundreds of billions of dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, be sent directly to the people so that they can purchase their own, much better, healthcare, and have money left over.”
“In other words, take from the big, bad insurance companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per dollar spent, the worst healthcare anywhere in the world, ObamaCare,” he said.
The move marks Trump’s latest attempt to reignite his long-running campaign against the Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, passed in 2010 during Obama’s administration.
Senate Democrats have made Obamacare insurance subsidies a central issue, refusing to back a House-passed government reopening bill unless the subsidies, set to rise at the start of the year, are addressed.
Trump’s posts come as the effects of the shutdown deepen, with Americans facing airport disruptions and airlines canceling hundreds of flights due to staffing issues among air traffic controllers, who remain unpaid during the shutdown.
