CaliToday (/2025): In a fiery social media statement, the President targeted "big, bad" insurance companies and called for an end to the Senate filibuster to pass reforms.
WASHINGTON D.C. – President Donald J. Trump has issued a forceful call to Senate Republicans, urging them to take definitive action to end the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, and to redirect the massive federal subsidies away from insurance companies and into the hands of American citizens.
In a powerful statement posted to his social media platform, the President laid out his proposal.
"I am recommending to the Republican Senate that they take the hundreds of billions of dollars currently being 'sucked' by insurance companies to maintain the terrible ObamaCare healthcare program, and give it directly back to the people, so they can buy their own medical services better, more efficient and still have money left over," the President wrote.
He doubled down on the sentiment, explicitly labeling the insurance industry as the problem.
"In other words, get the money back from the big, bad insurance companies, give it to the people, and end the worst healthcare program in the world ObamaCare," the statement read.
President Trump also linked the healthcare battle to a broader procedural fight in Congress, calling for an end to the Senate filibuster, a rule that requires 60 votes to advance most legislation.
"In addition, we need to end the Filibuster," Trump added, "so that Congress can act for the people instead of being blocked by the Socialist Democrats from all reform."
Political observers frame this move as a core part of the President's "America First Healthcare" strategy. The policy aims to fundamentally restructure the American medical system by returning purchasing power and choice to the individual consumer, rather than having the government and insurance corporations manage the funds. Proponents of this approach argue it will reduce costs, expand competition, and eliminate what they describe as "blood-sucking" middlemen who profit from the current system.