[ClearCase_guy]

Quote from reporter: "you have said that you want everyone to be covered on health care and the government's going to pay for it."

The government's just going to pay for it?

I'd have to see those words come out of Trump's mouth. I understand Trump wants to see people taken care of, but introducing better marketplace competition would do that without the government "just paying for it". I'm pretty sure Trump understands the marketplace.

I think the reporter is putting words in Trump's mouth. Trump hasn't said that the government will pay for this.

[onona]

Yup, brings this into the "stupid post items" list.

and oh, btw, if there are hieroglyphics up there, they are quotation marks.

[Kit cat]

Trump has NEVER said the government would pay for healthcare, he absolutely will NOT touch Medicare but health insurance will be private sector competing across state lines!! He has also said he is seriously looking at health savings accounts!!!

[conservativejoy]

I have heard Trump say that very thing. He acknowledged that it wasn't a conservative position but said that we have to "take care of everybody" and that the "government would have to pay for those who can't afford to pay".

Donald Trump On Obamacare On '60 Minutes': 'Everybody's Got To Be Covered' And 'The Government's Gonna Pay For It'

Link to Forbes

[FerociousRabbit]

I think the reporter is putting words in Trump’s mouth. Trump hasn’t said that the government will pay for this.

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He has said it several times. Here is just one example from a few months ago:

Donald Trump: Obamacare’s going to be repealed and replaced. Obamacare is a disaster if you look at what’s going on with premiums where they’re up 40, 50, 55 percent.

Scott Pelley: How do you fix it?

Donald Trump: There’s many different ways, by the way. Everybody’s got to be covered. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say because a lot of times they say, “No, no, the lower 25 percent that can’t afford private. But–”

Scott Pelley: Universal health care.

Donald Trump: I am going to take care of everybody. I don’t care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody’s going to be taken care of much better than they’re taken care of now.

Scott Pelley: The uninsured person is going to be taken care of. How? How?

Donald Trump: They’re going to be taken care of. I would make a deal with existing hospitals to take care of people. And, you know what, if this is probably–

Scott Pelley: Make a deal? Who pays for it?

Donald Trump: —the government’s gonna pay for it.

[jaydee770]

"...I'd have to see those words come out of Trump's mouth..."

Well, here ya' go! (I'll just stand by while Trump's rabid supporters rationalize it away as if he didn't really say it)

Trump on 60 Minutes 9/27/2015 (yes, just a few months ago) interviewed by Scott Pelley:

Scott Pelley: How do you fix it?

Donald Trump: There's many different ways, by the way. Everybody's got to be covered. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say because a lot of times they say, "No, no, the lower 25 percent that can't afford private. But-"

Scott Pelley: Universal health care.

Donald Trump: I am going to take care of everybody. I don't care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody's going to be taken care of much better than they're taken care of now.

Scott Pelley: The uninsured person is going to be taken care of. How? How?

Donald Trump: They're going to be taken care of. I would make a deal with existing hospitals to take care of people. And, you know what, if this is probably-

Scott Pelley: Make a deal? Who pays for it?

Donald Trump: --the government's gonna pay for it. But we're going to save so much money on the other side. But 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.

So, to the rational and objective observer - Trump's clearly talking out of his rear-end and making this up as the interview progresses. He has no plan, other than a vague idea of a "quick thought" that sounds *plausible*. Vote for his NYC-Values if you wish, but it looks like he's just proposing a different flavor of govt healthcare. Vote Trump - get a different model of govt funded (that means our taxes) 0bamacare. Just great.

[Gil4]

The government's just going to pay for it? I'd have to see those words come out of Trump's mouth. I understand Trump wants to see people taken care of, but introducing better marketplace competition would do that without the government "just paying for it".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_lMDfFko-Q

Stephanopoulos might have put the words in his mouth, but he didn't object in any way. It's around 4:30 of the clip.