--- title: Donald Trump Wants to Hear Your Problems with Obamacare description: After the President held a meeting with what the White House deemed "victims" of Obamacare, he is asking more Americans to come forward. canonical: https://time.com/4700456/donald-trump-healthcare-obamacare-complaints/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-14T00:22:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:49:28.554Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Wants to Hear Your Obamacare Complaints og:description: The president invited Americans to submit grievances about Obamacare on the White House website og:url: https://time.com/4700456/donald-trump-healthcare-obamacare-complaints/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa6e47964a8d7e91/6988be368e060141ac46989c/trump-healthcare-constituentmeeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: President Trump Holds Meeting On Healthcare og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Wants to Hear Your Obamacare Complaints twitter:description: The president invited Americans to submit grievances about Obamacare on the White House website twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa6e47964a8d7e91/6988be368e060141ac46989c/trump-healthcare-constituentmeeting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Wants to Hear Your Obamacare Complaints > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump attends a meeting on healthcare with Americans who feel Obamacare has not benefitted them in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. Pool—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Mar 14, 2017 12:22 AM UTC If you feel [Obamacare](http://time.com/4699818/obamacare-repeal-donald-trump-listening-session/) has let you down, [the White House](http://time.com/4700311/donald-trump-white-house-counsel-steve-bannon/) wants to hear from you. [President Trump](http://time.com/4700234/president-donald-trump-cabinet-meeting/) held a meeting on Monday with what the White House called “victims of Obamacare” — businesses and individuals it said was negatively impacted by the law. Those in attendance, per descriptions on the White House website, cited Obamacare as the reason for increasing health care costs. Those not at the meeting who still have grievances about Obamacare are invited to share their stories with on the White House [website](https://www.whitehouse.gov/obamacare-share-your-story). The meeting and call for more stories came the same day the Congressional Budget Office released their assessment of the GOP health care bill, which the President has backed, estimating that it would [result](http://time.com/4700200/donald-trump-cbo-healthcare-obamare/) in 24 million losing health insurance, but would cut the federal deficit by $337 million. Although many in attendance at the White House complained about rising costs, including premiums, the CBO report claims that average premiums under the GOP bill would initially increase by 15 to 20% in 2018 and 2019\. 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