Posted on 01/31/2016 12:06:45 PM PST by conservativejoy
Donald Trump went after Ted Cruz in an interview today, calling him "a total liar" for saying that Mr. Trump supports universal health care similar to ObamaCare.
"Look, Ted Cruz is a total liar," Mr. Trump responded. "I am so against ObamaCare."
Trump was then asked, "You say that Ted Cruz is a liar, but you have said that you want everyone to be covered on health care and the government's going to pay for it. How is that not ObamaCare?"
"Well, that's true," Mr. Trump answered. "I want people taken care of. I have a heart. I want people taken care of."
He continued, "That doesn't mean single payer. That means we have to help people."
Mr. Trump then speculated that Ted Cruz "has no heart" because he doesn;t support universal health care.
Yesterday, Mr. Cruz stated that, if he were President, he would repeal the Affordable Care Act and "allow health insurance to be purchased across state lines and expanding health savings accounts."
Earlier this week, Mr. Cruz promised, "If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare."
The clash between Mr. Trump and Mr. Cruz comes just one day before the Iowa caucuses, where the two men have been jockeying for first place. Mr. Trump has taken a small lead in Iowa in the last few weeks, with him and Mr. Cruz within the margin of error of each other
“for the most it’s going to be a private plan
and people are going to be able to go out and negotiate great plans
with lots of different competition with lots of competitors with great companies
and they can have their doctors, they can have plans, they can have everything.”
Universal healthcare is hot the same as single payer. We have it to some degree (not counting Obamacare)
When Trump dismantles Obamacare, it will need to be replaced with something to ensure pre-existing conditions don’t bankrupt people. If the Republicans had actually came out with their alternative to Obamacare sooner and pushed it, we may not have Obamacare today.
“The government is paying for Obamacare? People are paying huge amounts to be covered by this abomination!”
Some are. Low income people, though, get it for practically free. The subsidy decreases as income goes up.
“Trump will say damn near anything to win the nomination or the Presidency.”
Trump wasn’t the one sending out threatening mailers.
I think the mailers were a bad idea. No changes on my opinion of Trump. When he starts pandering to the unions what excuses will you be making?
“We have absolutely NO EVIDENCE that Trump will do anything he says he will do. “
Trump, unlike Cruz, has been consistent on his plans since the beginning of the campaign. Cruz couldn’t figure out what his amnesty plan was until he saw how popular Trump was.
In Trump’s books, he talks about how you have to follow through on what you say. You don’t get away with just talking in business, like politicians do. Only politicians still get paid if they accomplish nothing. Trump didn’t create a billion dollar company by not doing what he said.
you are projecting.
what will you do when Cruz pushes for legal status and a 500% increase of H1B workers?
That is not even projecting, but are Cruz’s own stances - recent ones.
Trump has said the same thing. It's a non-issue.
I am not projecting anything. Trump is a New York liberal in a conservative cloak and Cruz is an imperfect Texas conservative. You’ve made your choice and I have made mine. Now we live with them.
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