Trump to 60 Minutes: single payer health care

The Examiner ^ | September 28, 2015 | Gary Gross

[TBP]

ccording to the transcript of Donald Trump's interview with Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes, Mr. Trump favors a single payer health care plan in certain situations. During the interview, Pelley asked Mr. Trump what his plan was to replace Obamacare would look like. Mr. Trump responded, saying "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." When Pelley pressed Mr. Trump further about who would pay for this coverage, Mr. Trump said "the government’s gonna pay for it."

[TBP]

Do you favor single payer health care? That would be WORSE than what we have under 0bamacare.

[nopardons]

And with Cruz as the nominee ( which hopefully won’t happen in ‘16 ! ), the Dems will win the presidency; yet again.

[SeeSharp]

Better a Democratic president than a Republican president who wants to advance the Democratic agenda. Single payer is communism.

[TBP]

No, they won’t. They know it — that’s why they’re trying to convince Republicans that they can’t wait to run against Cruz.

[kik5150]

Watch them contort.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

The only thing worse than Obamacare, is the mess it replaced.

Just saying.

[kik5150]

Head to head, Cruz does better against Clinton that Trump.
Trump has strengthened his core support at the expense of the general electorate.

[nopardons]

Don't fall for this crap; Trump isn't going to turn ObamaCare into single payer.

And he IS for many very Conservative things.

It is NOT "better" to help elect a Dem president, than Trump. That is just blind stupidity !

[SoConPubbie]

And with Cruz as the nominee ( which hopefully won’t happen in ‘16 ! ), the Dems will win the presidency; yet again.

I see you are spouting the same lines the GOP-E were spouting about Ronald Reagan in 1979.

You sure you're not working for the GOP-E?

[mbrfl]

We had a spirited discussion about this when it occurred, 3 months ago. Rather than everyone repeating their arguments again, it might save time to reread the thread from 3 months ago, for those who wish to revisit this.

[SoConPubbie]

Don't fall for this crap; Trump isn't going to turn ObamaCare into single payer.

"this crap" are the words and policy positions of Trump in his own words.

[nopardons]

Yeah, sure, that's why Trump is attracting blacks in large numbers, without promising to give them anything for nothing, lots of crossover voters, and the phony group called Hispanics.

You're blind to reality.

[nopardons]

Misinterpreted...at best.

[Osage Orange]

Trump cannot be trusted....

Not sure any of them can be trusted....

But I know Trump cannot be TRUSTED!!

[vette6387]

“The only thing worse than Obamacare, is the mess it replaced.”

Sure wasn’t the case for me and my wife. While we are lucky that we were able to get new H/C policies at a decent price (and w/o deductibles) since we are on SSA and don’t have to geet insurance for Obolacare. But Obolacare mandates forced the cancellation of the policies we had which met our needs very well. But look at the bright side, at 75, I can get an abortion for free (and I’m a guy), and free drug counseling!

[Dana1960]

I am a fan of HSAs, combined with catastrophic insurance. That is the most personalized and efficient system around, provided one is reasonably healthy.

That said, Medicare is a single payer system and everyone around here squeals like a stuck pig when the politicians talk about cutting entitlements like Medicare. Most FReepers appear to like it. Of course, we cannot afford single payer for everyone, so there’s that.

Now, the VA is socialized medicine, which to me is the worst of all.......by far.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Oh my God, are we seriously rehashing stuff from 3 years ago that has already been debated and settled?

What is wrong with you?

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Oops, not 3 “years,” meant 3 months. Typo.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

"this crap" are the words and policy positions of Trump in his own words.

Except his "own words" don't support single payer. Just the idiots who are rehashing disinformation from 3 months ago.

[dynoman]

"Mr. Trump favors a single payer health care plan in certain situations."

Be honest - we already have that. In addition to the fact we already have "single payer in certain situations", a lot of the HC costs for the uninsured get buried in the HC insurance costs for those who do have HC insurance.

People shouldn't get stuck staring at one tree so long they get so cross-eyed they think the fuzzy thing they see is the whole forest.

Put all the facts and realities on the table.