President Trump in Manhattan praised Australia' s health care system hours after House passed an Obamacare replacement<\/b>
\nPresident Trump delivers remarks at an event with veterans and Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, aboard the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York on Thu., May 4,2017.
President Trump praised Australia’s health care system as better than the United States’ system after meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Manhattan on Thursday evening, hours after the U. S. House passed a bill repealing and replacing portions of Obamacare.
There’s just one catch for the Republican president — Australia has a universal health care system, which is largely publicly funded. Mr. Trump said the House GOP’s health care bill, the American Health Care Act, \u00ab\u00a0could change a little bit\u00a0\u00bb in the Senate, or perhaps become \u00ab\u00a0even better.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0It’s going to be fantastic health care, \u00a0\u00bb Mr. Trump told reporters after meeting with the Australian prime minister. \u00ab\u00a0Right now, Obamacare is failing. … We have a failing health care.\u00a0\u00bb
Adding that Australia has better health care than the U. S. currently does, he said, \u00ab\u00a0We’re going to have great health care very soon.\u00a0\u00bb
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Mr. Trump made the comments just before speaking on the USS Intrepid to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Coral Sea, a World War II battle in which more than 600 Americans were killed trying to protect Australia from a Japanese invasion. But Mr. Trump’s health care comments drew more attention from Twitter on Thursday night than his other remarks.
The House narrowly passed the American Health Care Act Thursday with a 217-213 vote, but the bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Mr. Trump said he expects the bill to pass anyway.
\u00ab\u00a0I think we’ll get it through, \u00a0\u00bb he said, saying House Republicans united \u00ab\u00a0like magic\u00a0\u00bb to pass the bill in that chamber earlier.
Thousands were expected to protest Mr. Trump’s appearance in New York City, his first since taking office in January.
The phrase \u201cfake news\u201d has been used by Trump to discredit responsible reporting that he dislikes. But \u00ab\u00a060 Minutes\u2019 \u00a0\u00bb investigation looks at truly fake news created by con-artists
Just how many almonds does he really eat, anyway?<\/p>\n

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