Pres. Barack Obama slams Senate GOP health care proposal . 
NEW YORK -- Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday there are no practical benefits to a bill Republicans are considering to replace the Affordable Care Act . 
Speaking in New York , Pres. Obama said the bill would increase costs and strip coverage from vulnerable Americans . 
On Wednesday , Pres. Obama is expected to address the importance of supporting global development initiatives , including those highlighted by the Gates Foundation in their report . 
"When I see people trying to undo that hard-won progress , for the 50th or 60th time , with bills that will raise costs , reduce coverage and roll back protections for older Americans and people with pre-existing conditions ... it is aggravating ," Pres. Obama said during an event sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . 
Without a direct rebuke of President Donald Trump , Pres. Obama said that individuals and organizations must continue working on solutions to climate change , even if the US government has disengaged on the issue . 
Pres. Obama said it was essential to keep resisting efforts to scrap Obamacare . 
Other speakers at Tuesday 's event include Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , with whom Pres. Obama enjoyed a friendship while in office , and Malala Yousafzai , the Pakistani female education activist . 
"Even if the federal government is not as engaged on these efforts as I would like ," the world is still making progress , Pres. Obama said . 
Pres. Obama also warned Wednesday that nationalist sentiments could stymie efforts to combat poverty and disease . 
"Nationalist thought , xenophobic sentiment ... a politics that threatens to turn good people away from the kind of collective action that has always driven human progress ," Pres. Obama said . 
READ : Pres. Obama 's speech at Gates Foundation . 
Pres. Obama said it was essential to maintain an optimistic view in the face of hostile forces . 
When he 's spoken in public , Pres. Obama has avoided criticizing his successor Donald Trump , though he has released statements on Facebook decrying decisions Trump has made over the course of his presidency . 
Pres. Obama has reemerged in public infrequently since leaving the White House in January , focused instead on writing a memoir and traveling . 
In other areas , however , Pres. Obama has expressed more veiled displeasure . 
This fall , Pres. Obama is due to appear more , holding events for Democrats running in an off-election year , including gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia .
NEW YORK -- [TGT] said Wednesday there are no practical benefits to a bill Republicans are considering to replace the Affordable Care Act . 
Speaking in New York , Pres. [TGT] said the bill would increase costs and strip coverage from vulnerable Americans . 
On Wednesday , Pres. [TGT] is expected to address the importance of supporting global development initiatives , including those highlighted by the Gates Foundation in their report . 
"When I see people trying to undo that hard-won progress , for the 50th or 60th time , with bills that will raise costs , reduce coverage and roll back protections for older Americans and people with pre-existing conditions ... it is aggravating ," Pres. [TGT] said during an event sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . 
Without a direct rebuke of President Donald Trump , Pres. [TGT] said that individuals and organizations must continue working on solutions to climate change , even if the US government has disengaged on the issue . 
Pres. [TGT] said [TGT] was essential to keep resisting efforts to scrap Obamacare . 
Other speakers at Tuesday 's event include Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , with whom Pres. [TGT] enjoyed a friendship while in office , and Malala Yousafzai , the Pakistani female education activist . 
"Even if the federal government is not as engaged on these efforts as I would like ," the world is still making progress , Pres. [TGT] said . 
Pres. [TGT] also warned Wednesday that nationalist sentiments could stymie efforts to combat poverty and disease . 
"Nationalist thought , xenophobic sentiment ... a politics that threatens to turn good people away from the kind of collective action that has always driven human progress ," Pres. [TGT] said . 
READ : Pres. [TGT] 's speech at Gates Foundation . 
Pres. [TGT] said [TGT] was essential to maintain an optimistic view in the face of hostile forces . 
When [TGT] 's spoken in public , Pres. [TGT] has avoided criticizing [TGT] successor Donald Trump , though [TGT] has released statements on Facebook decrying decisions Trump has made over the course of [TGT] presidency . 
Pres. [TGT] has reemerged in public infrequently since leaving the White House in January , focused instead on writing a memoir and traveling . 
In other areas , however , Pres. [TGT] has expressed more veiled displeasure . 
This fall , Pres. [TGT] is due to appear more , holding events for Democrats running in an off-election year , including gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia .