--- title: Stephen Colbert on Republican Trump Health Care Plan VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert offered his diagnosis on the new health care legislation Republicans unveiled to replace the Affordable Care Act. canonical: https://time.com/4694994/colbert-on-trump-health-care/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-08T15:59:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:43.160Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Rips the Republican Healthcare Plan Apart og:description: 'Oh, there’s one other thing they’re keeping from Obamacare: Nobody likes it!' og:url: https://time.com/4694994/colbert-on-trump-health-care/ 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: Stephen Colbert Rips the Republican Healthcare Plan Apart twitter:description: 'Oh, there’s one other thing they’re keeping from Obamacare: Nobody likes it!' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Colbert Shreds the New Republican Health Care Plan by [Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly Mar 8, 2017 3:59 PM UTC by [Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly Mar 8, 2017 3:59 PM UTC After a long, [_Godot_\-like wait](http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/01/stephen-colbert-patrick-stewart-waiting-for-godots-obamacare-replacement/), House Republicans finally [unveiled legislation](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/new-details-emerge-on-gop-plans-to-repeal-and-replace-obamacare/2017/03/06/04751e3e-028f-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10%5Fstory.html) this week to replace Obama’s Affordable Care Act, and Stephen Colbert was ready to offer his diagnosis. On Tuesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert joked that when GOP lawmakers introduced the bill, they immediately voted to repeal it “out of force of habit.” He went on to note that the new bill keeps some popular elements of Obamacare, such as letting young adults stay on their parents’ health plans until age 26 and preventing insurance companies from denying coverage or charging more to people with pre-existing medical conditions. “Oh, there’s one other thing they’re keeping from Obamacare: Nobody likes it!” On the one hand, Colbert said, “Conservatives are calling it Obamacare Lite. Great taste, less coverage.” Meanwhile, Democrats are up in arms because the new bill might cover 20 million fewer Americans than its predecessor. “Pretty rough,” Colbert said. “Twenty million fewer than Obama — that sounds like [Trump’s inauguration](http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/21/stephen-colbert-trump-inauguration-crowd-size/).” _The Late Show_ airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on CBS. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/07/stephen-colbert-rips-republican-health-care-plan/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4694994/colbert-on-trump-health-care/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4694994/colbert-on-trump-health-care/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Shreds the New Republican Health Care Plan","datePublished":"2017-03-08T15:59:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:43.160Z","description":"“Oh, there’s one other thing they’re keeping from Obamacare: Nobody likes it!”","url":"https://time.com/4694994/colbert-on-trump-health-care/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Late Night Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4694994/colbert-on-trump-health-care/","name":"Stephen Colbert Shreds the New Republican Health Care Plan"}}]}] ```