--- title: Watch Stephen Colbert on Trump Health Care VIDEO description: The late-night host came up with some new ways to put Republicans' "three-bucket strategy" to use as a money-saving tool. canonical: https://time.com/4712235/stephen-colbert-on-trump-health/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-24T15:07:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:12.847Z og:title: 'Everybody Hates It' Stephen Colbert Eviscreates og:description: What the "three-bucket strategy" really means from his point of view og:url: https://time.com/4712235/stephen-colbert-on-trump-health/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Everybody Hates It' Stephen Colbert Eviscreates twitter:description: What the "three-bucket strategy" really means from his point of view twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Everybody Hates It.' 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Everybody hates it,” Colbert joked about the [plan](http://time.com/4711932/ahca-obamacare-replacement-donald-trump-vote/). “Republicans have been scrambling to sell this thing ever since the [CBO report came out](http://time.com/4711771/health-care-plan-congressional-budget-office-new-report/) that said that Trumpcare would kick 24 million people off of insurance. So now they’re rebranding. They’re introducing the ‘three-bucket strategy,'” he further explained. The “three-bucket strategy” [outlines a plan to overhaul Obamacare](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/gops-3-bucket-strategy-repeal-replace-health-law-springing-leaks/) that involves three steps including passing the new American Health Care Act, administrative adjustments, and smaller bills to exercise more surgical healthcare reforms. But Colbert had a different spin on the term. “So no healthcare, but with all those buckets think about how much you’ll save on urns. Maybe. Just pour grandma right in the bucket!” he said, to wry laughter. “Maybe it’s not literal buckets. Since so many people are losing healthcare, they’re saying, quick, do the first three things on your bucket list!” Watch Colbert’s dark “Trumpcare” humor in the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4712235/stephen-colbert-on-trump-health/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4712235/stephen-colbert-on-trump-health/"},"headline":"'Everybody Hates It.' 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