Obama: I told Trump to simply rename Obamacare and take credit for – Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports and weather

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CNN) – President Barack Obama told donors Thursday in Los Angeles that he told future President Donald Trump that he should rename Obamacare and commend his success, During a Q & A session at a fundraiser with Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez, Obama said he "did not have" the pride of ### ## ## ######################################################################## 39; author "on the Affordable Care Act and would have been happy if Trump" I said to the new president: "Just change the name and claim that you made these wonderful changes and I would be like," You're going "," he said to laugh. "Because I did not have any author pride, I just wanted people to have health care."

Obama then declared that Trump " could not do it despite the control of all branches of government in Washington. Trump did not follow Obama's advice and instead sought to dismantle the health care law, even though he and the Capitol Hill Republicans did not completely repeal the bill. . . Obama even made it a habit to tell the public that Trump "essentially repealed Obamacare", despite the fact that he did not do it. As part of the tax plan passed late last year, Republicans have effectively repealed the individual mandate of the law, and experts fear that its elimination will encourage insurers to give up and bonuses to increase if fewer healthy young consumers subscribe to the exchanges. Obama was the closest to Trump during his 45 minutes on stage, even though he never used the president's name.

Obama spoke at length about health care during fundraising, his first for the DNC in 2018.

"The idea that I kind of took health care just because that I thought it was fun or that it would have somewhat broken my heritage is crazy, "he said." Because we knew that in 2008, all presidents, since Teddy Roosevelt, had failed to do what any other advanced democracy in the world had done. "

Obama has long suggested that Republicans could rename Obamacare if they respected the law.

" They can even change the name of the law in Reagancare, "he said at an event in 2016." Or they can call him Paul Ryancare, I do not care about credit, I just want it to work. "[19659002] TM & © 2018 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company All Rights Reserved