--- title: Trump to Democrats: ‘Call Me to Fix’ Obamacare description: President Donald Trump said in a Twitter that he would discontinue healthcare insurance payments under Obamacare. canonical: https://time.com/4981229/president-trump-tells-democrats-to-call-me-to-fix-obamacare/ author: Lucinda Shen article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-13T12:22:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:50:59.835Z article:section: Health og:title: President Trump Tells Democrats to ‘Call Me’ to Fix Obamacare og:description: After he gutted vital insurance subsidies on Thursday og:url: https://time.com/4981229/president-trump-tells-democrats-to-call-me-to-fix-obamacare/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt818ca4ffb4003e49/6988e1cf22fb85b7e4e23429/gettyimages-860674444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Signs Executive Order To Promote Healthcare Choice og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Tells Democrats to ‘Call Me’ to Fix Obamacare twitter:description: After he gutted vital insurance subsidies on Thursday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt818ca4ffb4003e49/6988e1cf22fb85b7e4e23429/gettyimages-860674444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Tells Democrats to ‘Call Me’ to Fix Obamacare > Sponsored content. 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Rand Paul (R-KY) (L), Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta (3rd R) and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (2nd R) look on during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House October 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed the executive order to loosen restrictions on Affordable Care Act "to promote healthcare choice and competition." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (L), Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta (3rd R) and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (2nd R) look on during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House October 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed the executive order to loosen restrictions on Affordable Care Act "to promote healthcare choice and competition." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Lucinda Shen](https://time.com/author/lucinda-shen/) ## Lucinda Shen Oct 13, 2017 12:22 PM UTC After scrapping major Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to comment on the decision. “The Democrats ObamaCare is imploding,” he wrote. “Massive subsidy payments to their pet insurance companies has stopped. Dems should call me to fix!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/918772522983874561) On Thursday, the President signed an executive order that could upend the country’s current insurance system by cutting subsidies to health insurance companies for low-income patients. The subsidies are said to allow insurance companies to offer plans that poorer Americans can afford. Trump has previously dubbed such subsidies a “bailout.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/918797009133465600) The Department of Health and Human Services meanwhile said it would “[discontinue these payments immediately](http://time.com/4980955/donald-trump-insurance-subsidy-obamacare/?xid=homepage).” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4981229/president-trump-tells-democrats-to-call-me-to-fix-obamacare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4981229/president-trump-tells-democrats-to-call-me-to-fix-obamacare/"},"headline":"President Trump Tells Democrats to ‘Call Me’ to Fix Obamacare","datePublished":"2017-10-13T12:22:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:50:59.835Z","description":"After he gutted vital insurance subsidies on Thursday","url":"https://time.com/4981229/president-trump-tells-democrats-to-call-me-to-fix-obamacare/","keywords":["Obamacare","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt818ca4ffb4003e49/6988e1cf22fb85b7e4e23429/gettyimages-860674444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lucinda Shen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lucinda-shen/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt818ca4ffb4003e49/6988e1cf22fb85b7e4e23429/gettyimages-860674444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Signs Executive Order To Promote Healthcare Choice","caption":"President Trump Signs Executive Order To Promote Healthcare Choice","creditText":"Alex Wong—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":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4981229/president-trump-tells-democrats-to-call-me-to-fix-obamacare/","name":"President Trump Tells Democrats to ‘Call Me’ to Fix Obamacare"}}]}] ```