The right's hypocrisy over ACA

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President Donald Trump's administration has been quietly waging a public relations campaign to undermine public support for Obamacare, former President Barack Obama's signature legislation, according to a new Daily Beast report.

Using social media and a series of video testimonials, the Department of Health and Human Services, led by Tom Price, is amplifying criticism of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, and discouraging enrollment in the program.

Using funds earmarked for "consumer information and outreach," HHS has produced and released 23 videos of Americans talking about their difficulties with Obamacare, according to The Daily Beast. 

Ryan Stanton, a Kentucky physician who was featured in an HHS testimonial, told The Daily Beast that he felt pressured to speak more critically of the health law than he wanted to. "I don't think mine was the exact message they were looking for of, 'Oh, let's march against Obamacare,'" he said. "It was clearly an effort to push the repeal and replace."


HHS's website has also removed and altered information about the healthcare law. One page on the site, entitled "Empowering Patients" reads: "with skyrocketing premiums and narrowing choices, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has done damage to this market and created great burdens for many Americans." Twitter accounts run by HHS and Price have also been used to criticize Obamacare and promote Republican repeal and replacement legislation. 

Trump is funding a PR campaign to undermine Obamacare - Business Insider