Obamacare
Since the topic of the Affordable Care Act is something that is all over the current news there seems to be a lot of contradictory statements. At first, President Donald Trump was completely doing away with Obamacare with plans to make a better more affordable option. In an attempt to repeal the act, President Trumps plan was rejected. Then everyone thought it was not going to get changed and then Donald Trump made another attempt. This is the attempt we are in the process of now. At first it's here, then repealed, then not, then repealed again. It is easy to see how this can get confusing, you need to be on top of the media to keep up with what going on with the Affordable Care Act.
In a left leaning news source, The Washington Post, there was an article entitle, “Republicans can’t find a way to repeal Obamacare because too many of them secretly love it”. In this article it discusses how Trump yet again promised another deal but republicans can not agree. It says that Republicans hate Obamacare only because they want more of it and that they want to make insurance more affordable for the young and healthy by making it unaffordable for the old and sick, and worse for everyone. The Washington Post is trying to show that the Republicans actually are not against Obamacare and can not agree on anything.
On a right leaning source, Fox news, I read about how Republicans do not like Obamacare. Although the repeal is faces criticism from both parties, if they did like it then they would not attempt to repeal it. It states the Obamacare is imploding and that the problem is not that they like it. “There is so much more that unites republicans than divides republicans on this issue.” Fox is trying to show that the Republicans are completely for this repeal.
When looking at the left leaning source you probably think that republicans really do like Obamacare and that's why they are not actually getting rid of it. When you see the right leaning source you are told that Republicans support the repeal. These two statements clearly contradict themselves because they are saying completely different things. The Washington Post brings up past attempts and calls then failures. Fox News does not talk about past attempts at all and just keeps saying that they are very close and have made some great progress towards a consensus. Both of these articles have the same basic facts, they both state that Trump has made consistent comments towards repealing and replacing Obamacare.
