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Internet firestorm after Jesse Watters uncorks bizarre health care plan: 'Finally'

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Fox News host Jesse Watters sparked an internet firestorm on Monday after he uncorked a bizarre health care plan during a segment on "The Five." President Donald Trump and Republicans have repeatedly raged against the Affordable Care Act throughout both of Trump's terms, and have moved to gut part of the law by allowing health care subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Trump has also claimed for multiple years that he will soon introduce a "great health care plan" to replace the ACA, but has yet to do so. On Monday, Watters claimed to have a health care plan that the Republicans can steal. Watters called for stopping "Somali pirates" from "stealing our booty," in reference to bringing down the cost of medicine and medical equipment. He added that ending illegal immigration would "fix the supply and demand" issue, and called for preventing doctors from "getting kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies." But another part of his idea was one that political analysts and observers

First report: Trump Is Making Health Care Even Less Affordable — nytimes.com, 2d