July 20, 2017 10:17AM 

# ObamaCare: What Trump Should Do Now 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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With President Donald Trump frustrated all over again with congressional Republicans’ inability to coalesce around a bill repealing and replacing ObamaCare, it seems like a good time to dust off [this *National Review Online* column](http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444621/obamacare-trump-repeal-it-until-then-help-americans-burdened-it) where I offer 14 ways Trump can pressure Congress and build public support for legislation:

> **1. End Congress’s illegal ObamaCare exemption.**
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> **2. End ObamaCare’s unconstitutional cost-sharing subsidies.**
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> **3. End ObamaCare’s illegal “reinsurance” payments.**
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> **4. Block Big Insurance’s “risk-corridor” raid on the Treasury.**
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> **5. Investigate the Obama administration’s illegal spending.**
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> **6. Allow freedom of conscience and choice in contraceptives coverage.**
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> **7. Illustrate how Americans can avoid ObamaCare penalties.**
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> **8. Illustrate how ObamaCare makes it easier than ever for people to wait until they are sick to purchase coverage.**
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> **9. Publish ObamaCare’s vital signs.**
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> **10. Release the documents.**
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> **11. Praise states that refused to implement ObamaCare.**
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> **12. Direct states to prepare for ObamaCare repeal.**
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> **13. Renounce IPAB.**
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> **14. Let seniors opt out of Medicare without losing Social Security benefits.**

To its credit, the Trump administration has been doing some of #9. But not enough. Read [here](http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444621/obamacare-trump-repeal-it-until-then-help-americans-burdened-it) for more.

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