Donald Trump health care bill: How the late night hosts reacted to Trumpcare from Seth Meyers to Stephen Colbert

The US hosts criticised the President as he came one step closer to repealing Obamacare

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Yesterday (4 May), the House of Representatives narrowly passed a new health care bill which sees Donald Trump one step closer to repealing Obamacare and leaving 24 million fewer people insured by 2026.

While no Democrats voted for the bill, Seth Meyers couldn't help but notice how happy the Republicans looked with the victory of what has been branded Trumpcare.

During his 'A Closer Look' segment, Meyers said: “Look how happy those old white guys are. I guess they’re just happy they passed something other than a kidney stone. No longer covered, by the way.”

He added: “The whole thing is like the suitcase of a kid who says he’s running away from home: It looks like he has a plan, but if you open that suitcase up, all you’re going to find are some loose Legos and a sleeve of Ritz crackers,”

Republicans have been trying to to repeal Obamacare for seven years now with a previous health care bill - backed by Trump - failing before a vote in the House.

Meyers went on to show a clip of Alabama congressman Mo Brooks saying that “people who lead good lives, they’re healthy, they’ve done the things to keep their bodies healthy. And right now, those are the people who have done things the right way that are seeing their costs skyrocketing.”

The enraged Late Night host stated: “People who 'lead good lives'? So what does that mean? People who are sick lead 'bad' lives? If that were really how it worked, Donald Trump would have died three years before he was born.”

Trevor Noah criticised the “f*cking unbelievable” news, addressing the statistics that state over 20 million people will be left uninsured.

“...the truth is, we don’t know any of this for sure because the Republicans passed this bill without an official scoring of its costs,” he said.

“Hell, your baby could have to do its own C-section from the inside.”

Colbert - who this week faced a backlash for what many deemed to be a 'homophobic' joke at Trump's expense - pointed out a reporter’s quote from White House chief of staff Reince Priebus. It said, “The president stepped up and helped punt the ball into the end zone, with Colbert adding that: “A more accurate football metaphor would have been the GOP just kicked America in the balls.”

The legislation won't become law until it has been passed in the Senate.