Trump calls for immediate Obamacare repeal

US president-elect Donald Trump says Obamacare has been "catastrophic" and he wants it replaced immediately.

US President-elect Donald Trump

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US president-elect Donald Trump has urged congressional Republicans to repeal Obamacare immediately.

Trump says there is no cause for delay and that a replacement plan should follow the repeal within weeks, according to an interview with the New York Times.

"We have to get to business. Obamacare has been a catastrophic event," Trump was quoted as saying in the Times.

He said he wanted a repeal vote next week and said he would not accept a delay of more than a few weeks for a replacement.


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Published 11 January 2017 7:26am
Source: AAP


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