--- title: Paul Ryan Healthcare PowerPoint Internet Reactions description: The Internet is turning Paul Ryan's presentation on the GOP's proposed Obamacare replacement plan into hilarious memes. canonical: https://time.com/4697016/paul-ryan-healthcare-powerpoint-memes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-09T19:00:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:46.173Z og:title: The Internet Is Having a Field Day With Paul Ryan's Healthcare PowerPoint og:description: Twitter is at it again og:url: https://time.com/4697016/paul-ryan-healthcare-powerpoint-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd55ee0657612021/6988bdc8f887dc5106e9960c/paul-ryan-healthcare-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Paul Ryan, House Leaders Hold Press Conference On American Health Care Act og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Having a Field Day With Paul Ryan's Healthcare PowerPoint twitter:description: Twitter is at it again twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd55ee0657612021/6988bdc8f887dc5106e9960c/paul-ryan-healthcare-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Having a Field Day Turning Paul Ryan's Health Care PowerPoint Into Hilarious Memes  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 9, 2017 7:00 PM UTC  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (C) takes questions from reporters about the American Health Care Act during a news conference with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) outside Ryan's office in the U.S. Capitol March 7, 2017 in Washington, DC. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (C) takes questions from reporters about the American Health Care Act during a news conference with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) outside Ryan's office in the U.S. Capitol March 7, 2017 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 9, 2017 7:00 PM UTC After [Speaker ](http://time.com/4695282/paul-ryan-health-care-plan/)[Paul Ryan](http://time.com/4695282/paul-ryan-health-care-plan/) held a press conference to explain the [GOP’s proposed Obamacare replacement plan](http://time.com/money/4691860/obamacare-repeal-replacement-plan/?xid=homepage) Thursday, the Internet saw an opportunity to poke fun at his chosen presentation method. Twitter users quickly pounced on Ryan’s use of a PowerPoint-playing screen, replacing the slides to turn the image of him delivering the healthcare pitch into hilarious memes. “Caught the tail end of [@SpeakerRyan](https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan)’s powerpoint presentation, and I have to say, I’m a little concerned,” [Rep. Keith Ellison](https://twitter.com/keithellison) jokingly captioned a doctored photo of Ryan in front of a “no iPhones” sign. > [](https://twitter.com/keithellison/status/839900437658611714) See a selection of the best reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/Four%5FPins/status/839882935876612096) > [](https://twitter.com/maggieserota/status/839884093479354373) > [](https://twitter.com/thecultureofme/status/839884037271375872) > [](https://twitter.com/bakedinapie/status/839884697178099713) > [](https://twitter.com/twolf10/status/839882996152938497) > [](https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/839884447344361473) > [](https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/839885849877700608) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/839883319558942722) > [](https://twitter.com/senatorshoshana/status/839884553250553857) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4697016/paul-ryan-healthcare-powerpoint-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4697016/paul-ryan-healthcare-powerpoint-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Having a Field Day Turning Paul Ryan's Health Care PowerPoint Into Hilarious Memes","datePublished":"2017-03-09T19:00:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:46.173Z","description":"Twitter is at it again","url":"https://time.com/4697016/paul-ryan-healthcare-powerpoint-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","Internet","viral","twitter","Paul Ryan","memes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd55ee0657612021/6988bdc8f887dc5106e9960c/paul-ryan-healthcare-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd55ee0657612021/6988bdc8f887dc5106e9960c/paul-ryan-healthcare-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paul Ryan, House Leaders Hold Press Conference On American Health Care Act","caption":"Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (C) takes questions from reporters about the American Health Care Act during a news conference with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR)","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4697016/paul-ryan-healthcare-powerpoint-memes/","name":"The Internet Is Having a Field Day Turning Paul Ryan's Health Care PowerPoint Into Hilarious Memes"}}]}] ```