Trump critiques Democratic health care proposals

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Our Analysis: 1 Fallacy

I inherited Obamacare because Democrats wouldn't change it... They wouldn't vote to change it.

I had a choice to make: do I save it and make it as good as it can be or let it rot? And I saved it. I did the right thing. But it's still never going to be great. And it's too expensive for people. And what we will do is we're looking at different plans. If we can come up with a plan that's going to cost our people, our population less money and be better health care than Obamacare, then I would absolutely do it. But until then I'd run it as good as it can be run.

Trump pledges to operate Obamacare "as good as it can be" until something better is available, but he gives no indication of what the alternative could be and employs fear-mongering rhetoric about his opponent's position on government-run healthcare despite lack of proof for his assertions.

1. straw man • Former President Trump misrepresents Vice President Harris's position by suggesting she wants to eliminate private insurance and force everyone into a slow, inefficient government system.


She wants everybody to be on government insurance where you wait six months for an operation that you need immediately.


Given that Vice President Harris has moved away from her previous support for eliminating private insurance in favor of a public healthcare option, Trump's claim is a straw man fallacy.


He is misrepresenting or exaggerating her current stance by making it seem like she advocates for abolishing all private insurance, when her actual position now allows for private insurance options to remain. By setting up this distorted version of her healthcare plan, it becomes an easier target for him to knock down with his fears about waiting periods and delays under a government-run system.

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