Video Highlights: Trump Promises To Lower Cost Of Health Insurance

In his first address before a joint session of Congress, President Donald Trump called on lawmakers to repeal and replace Obamacare, lower health insurance costs and to “slash the restraints” in the approval process for new drugs. Here are the health care highlights of his speech:

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<h1>Video Highlights: Trump Promises To Lower Cost Of Health Insurance</h1>
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			March 1, 2017		</time>
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<p>In his first address before a joint session of Congress, President <a href="http://kffhealthnews.org/search/Donald+Trump">Donald Trump</a> called on lawmakers to <a href="http://kffhealthnews.org/topics/repeal-and-replace-watch/">repeal and replace</a> Obamacare, lower health insurance costs and to “slash the restraints” in the approval process for new drugs. Here are the health care highlights of his speech:</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/video-highlights-trump-speech-to-congress-promises-to-lower-cost-of-health-insurance/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/video-highlights-trump-speech-to-congress-promises-to-lower-cost-of-health-insurance/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/video-highlights-trump-speech-to-congress-promises-to-lower-cost-of-health-insurance/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Video%20Highlights%3A%20Trump%20Promises%20To%20Lower%20Cost%20Of%20Health%20Insurance&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FNzA0Njcy&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/video-highlights-trump-speech-to-congress-promises-to-lower-cost-of-health-insurance/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/video-highlights-trump-speech-to-congress-promises-to-lower-cost-of-health-insurance/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/video-highlights-trump-speech-to-congress-promises-to-lower-cost-of-health-insurance/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=704672&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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