Obamacare vs. Trumpcare

Obamacare vs. Trumpcare

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About

Obamacare vs. GOP Replacement, also known as Obamacare vs. Trumpcare, is a joke format that became popular on Twitter in March of 2017,[1] following the Republican Party's release of a draft of a bill meant to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), colloquially known as "Obamacare." The meme was popular among opponents of the Republicans, and involves juxtaposing two similar images corresponding to "Obamacare" and "Trumpcare" (i.e. the replacement bill), the "Obamacare" image being generally better than the latter.

Origin

On March 6th, 2017, House Republicans unveiled their plan for repealing the Affordable Care Act. Early commentary on the draft bill focused on the extent to which it diminishes or weakens the coverage provided by the ACA. Following the release of the draft, four Republican senators announced that they would not support the bill as they feared it would deprive their constituents of healthcare, saying in a joint statement that "we will not support a plan that does not include stability for Medicaid expansion populations or flexibility for states."[2] Senate Democrats have uniformly opposed the bill.

Shortly after the bill was announced, various Twitter users began mocking the proposal by tweeting two similar pictures next to each other, representing Obamacare as the better alternative to the "GOP Replacement." The first appears to have been tweeted by @morninggloria,[8] using the before-and-after pictures of Potato Jesus.


Erin-rrGloria../. Ryan Φ @morninggloria-8h Obamacare/ GOP Obamacare replacement pic.twitter.com/fryy7CSyOG

The format is similar to You vs. The Guy She Told You Not To Worry About, another popular Twitter joke centered on comparing two images.

Spread

The jokes were an instant hit on Twitter, as hundreds of users posted variations over the course of the daily. A Twitter Moment[3] was compiled that afternoon featuring tweets from @jackiecarbajal (below, left), @HamaMichels (below, center), and @XGroverX (below, right).


Jackie Carbajal @jackiecarbajal Follow ObamaCare vs. GOP Replacement RETWEETS LIKES 8,039 16,031 醫證幽壓 E齧尨隘 Hana Michels @HanaMichels + Follow v Obamacare VS GOP replacement Grover @XGroverX Follow Obamacare vs. House GOP Replacement

In the coming days, articles about the meme were published on several news sites, including Elite Daily,[4] Mashable,[5] Harpers Bazaar,[6] Buzzfeed,[7] and more.

Bill Comparisons

At a March 7th, 2017 White House press conference discussing the bill, Republicans placed their proposed health care bill next to a copy of the Affordable Care Act in an effort to demonstrate how much simpler theirs was compared to the ACA. To many, the moment was a literalization of the "Obamacare vs. GOP replacement" meme which had been circulating that day, leading to its inclusion into the jokes, and a Twitter Moment.[9]


Freddie Campion @FreddieCampion Follow Don't talk to me or my son ever again Jessica Misener @jessmisener Follow my paper before vs. my paper after 12.5 times news roman, double spacing and increasing the margins THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON THE WHITE HOUSHE THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON William Goodman @goodmanw Follow You vs the man she told you not to worry about it.

iPhone vs. Health Care

On March 7th, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz gave an interview to CNN in which he said "Americans have choices. And they’ve got to make a choice. So maybe rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and they want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care. They’ve got to make those decisions themselves.”[10] This comment angered many because of the insinuation that lower-income people should have to choose between an iPhone and health care, when health care is over 15x as expensive as an iPhone, as Twitter users soon pointed out.


Christopher Ingraham _cingraham Follow Cost of a new iPhone, no contract: $670 Median per-capita healthcare costs: $10,345 Bradd Jaffy.. @BraddJaffy dJason Chaffetz: "maybe rather than getting that new iPhone. maybe they should invest it in their own health care" ST 100 DAYS SE REPUBL CANS UNVEIL PLAN TO REPLACE RI) Judiciary Committoo 4 Ja RETWEETS LIKES 5,9755,630

This led to a series of jokes on Twitter centered around iPhone vs. Health Care price comparisons. Buzzfeed[11] covered the jokes on the 8th.


Jordan Uhl @JordanUhl Follow Oh no, not you buddy. I saw you put your iPhone away a minute ago. Out of the line!" No Borders No Nation opal lynch whenever some clueless rich f--- suggests ppl can't afford basic needs like a house or healthcare bc they have an iphone this is what i hear mean it sone banana Michael.Whatcould it cost? 10 dollars? RETWEETS LIKES 110 115 4:53 AM-7 Mar 2017 110 ·115 Sean Kent @seankent Follow You bought an iPhone so now you don't deserve health care, you disgusting pauper. IVANKACT RUM P POLISHED YELLOW GOLD, ROCK CRYSTAL AND BLACK SPINEL CUFF BRACELET ALL ITEMS SEEN ON CELEBRITY APPRENTICE ARE AVAILABLE AT www.iVANKATRU MPCOLLECTION.COM OCTAGONAL YELLOW GOLD BIB-STYLE NECKLACE

Various Examples


roby @iamthatroby Follow v Obamacare vs American Healthcare Act # 1 rumpcare RETWEETS LIKES 17 38 Norah臭@norahhhh88-7h #Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) vs #Trumpcare (American Healthcare Act) eragon ORDR RINGS Jerry Saltz@jerrysaltz-4h Yup. As has been noted: Obamacare vs. Trumpcare 4,75 t: 946 2.0K stevesaavedra @saavedrasteve 7h ! Obamacare vs the health plan GOP told you not to worry about #ACA #Trumpcare billy eichner @billyeichner Follow Obamacare vs Trumpcare RETWEETS LIKES 1,981 8,442 10:23 PM-6 Mar 2017 67 ロ2.OK 8.4K 畝.4 Pookleblinky @pookleblinky Follow v Obamacare vs trumpcare RETWEETS LIKES 12 2:21 AM-7 Mar 2017 다 7 12

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MiloticExalted
MiloticExalted

>People bitch about Obamacare and its failures for years and nothing gets done
>Trump wants to repeal Obamacare
>"wtf I love Obamacare now"


Really activates my almonds.

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(((Richard Cheese; 妹妹 Master)))
(((Richard Cheese; 妹妹 Master)))

Obama: Here, have some obamacare.

Average U.S. Citizen: Cool. It'd be nice to have a universal healthcare system, if anything it makes us look good by adopting a civil friendly system like Britain and Canada.

Senate: Obamacare is shitty and broken.

Average U.S. Citizen: Yeah, it is pretty busted. You guys should fix it.

Senate: No.

AUC: But why tho?

Senate: Fuck Obama.

Saved you a long ass history lesson.

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