Donald Trump tweeted that Obamacare "will soon be history," adding pressure to congressional Republicans to repeal the law quickly. | AP Photo Trump: '"Unaffordable" Care Act will soon be history'

President-elect Donald Trump appears eager to make good on his promise to do away with President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare legislation, writing on Twitter Friday that “The ‘Unaffordable’ Care Act will soon be history!”

Following the lead of Republicans who have attempted to repeal the law for years, Trump promised throughout his campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. He has kept up that pledge since winning last year’s presidential election, vowing to quickly undo the law and just as quickly replace it with a new one. He has said that an extended gap between the repeal of Obamacare and the installation of its replacement would be unacceptable.


Trump’s interest in urgently replacing Obamacare has prompted Congress to speed up its own timetable, which had initially allowed House Republicans a period of years within which to craft their own replacement healthcare legislation. Thursday night at a town hall event hosted by CNN, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Republicans will repeal and replace Obamacare at almost the same time and expect to do so within the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

Many details of what an Obamacare replacement program would look like remain up in the air as Republicans scramble to piece together legislation that will meet Trump’s expedited timetable. The president-elect has nominated Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), a doctor and vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act, to be his secretary of health and human services.