By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org

Don’t be fooled by Trump’s and Republican promises to “repeal

and replace” Obamacare. They could repeal it, but they can’t and won’t replace it. They’ve tried for years to come up with a replacement that keeps at least as many people covered. Their “replacement” never appears.

So why do

Republicans want to repeal Obamacare and leave millions without

insurance? Because it would mean a huge tax windfall for the wealthy.

Repealing Obamacare will put an average of $33,000 of tax cuts

in the hands of the richest 1 percent this year alone, and a whopping $197,000

of tax cuts into the hands of the top 0.1 percent.

The 400 highest-income

taxpayers (with incomes averaging more than $300 million each) will each

receive an average annual tax cut of about $7 million.

It would also increase

the taxes of families earning between $10,000 and $75,000 – including just

about all of Trump’s working class voters.

So

what do we end up with when Republicans repeal Obamacare?

– 32 million people

losing their health insurance,

– tens of thousands of Americans dying because

they don’t get the medical care they need,

– Medicare in worse shape,

– And the

rich becoming far richer.

This is lunacy. We must stand up to it.