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Chelsea Clinton Attacks Republican Health Care Plan: 'That's Not Moral'

Chelsea Clinton / Getty Images
Chelsea Clinton / Getty Images
March 7, 2017

Chelsea Clinton took to Twitter Tuesday morning to criticize the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

The new plan aims to have individuals to use tax credit to help access insurance. Clinton said the plan is "not moral" and unreasonable, according to The Hill. Clinton was tweeting in response to two other tweets.

One tweet came from Parker Molloy, a writer for Unworthy, who tweeted, "Under the guise of 'increasing coverage options,' Trumpcare eliminates basic requirements for what insurance plans cover starting in 2020."

Clinton responded, "So the moral is if you want to have a child, take your kids to the Dr., need hospital or ER care, to do it before 2020? No, that's NOT moral."


Another tweet was asking, "Excuse me: Why does GOP Health Bill give an insurance co a larger tax break to increase CEO pay than it gives a family to buy coverage?"

Clinton replied, writing, "Well, because... No, I can't think of any (reasonable) reason."


The former First Daughter co-authored a book about the health care field, titled Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why?. The book opened to poor sales, ranking 17,748 on Amazon's Best Seller Rank in mid-February.

Chelsea is not the first Clinton to wade into the health care debate, as her mother reminded voters during her 2016 presidential campaign that she had long wanted to reform the health care system of the United States.

"It was called HillaryCare before it was called ObamaCare," Hillary Clinton told supporters in Iowa, according to The Hill.

Clinton was referencing her failed attempt to pass health care reform during her tenure as First Lady in 1993.