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THE WASHINGTON COMPOST: TRUMP VOWS ‘INSURANCE FOR EVERYBODY’ IN OBAMACARE REPLACEMENT PLAN
THE WASHINGTON COMPOST ^ | 2017 JANUARY 15 | ROBERT COSTA, THE WASHINGTON COMPOST

Posted on 01/15/2017 5:52:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid.

Trump declined to reveal specifics in the telephone interview late Saturday with The Washington Post, but any proposals from the incoming president would almost certainly dominate the Republican effort to overhaul federal health policy as he prepares to work with his party’s congressional majorities.

Trump’s plan is likely to face questions from the right, following years of GOP opposition to further expansion of government involvement in the health-care system, and from those on the left, who see his ideas as disruptive to changes brought by the Affordable Care Act that have extended coverage to tens of millions of Americans.

In addition to his replacement plan for the ACA, also known as Obamacare, Trump said he will target pharmaceutical companies over drug prices and demand that they negotiate directly with Medicaid and Medicare.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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1 posted on 01/15/2017 5:52:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Insurance for everyone. Lower deductibles. Lower costs. This should be interesting.


2 posted on 01/15/2017 5:54:34 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The drugs are way out of whack...and have been for a long time. The USA picks up the tab for the lesser price of other countries. What’s new!!


3 posted on 01/15/2017 5:54:44 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I sure as hell hope that “eveyone” does NOT include illegal aliens.


4 posted on 01/15/2017 5:54:48 PM PST by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Doesn’t the govt already decide how much drug companies can charge medicare/medicaid for drugs?


5 posted on 01/15/2017 5:56:22 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid.

Look for Pharma stocks to take it in the shorts on Tuesday's opening.

6 posted on 01/15/2017 5:56:37 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Welfare....


7 posted on 01/15/2017 6:00:30 PM PST by Lord Castlereagh
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To: DoodleDawg

The Donald has spoken favorably about single payer in the past, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a single payer hybrid program presented.


8 posted on 01/15/2017 6:01:23 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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The Donald has spoken favorably about single payer in the past, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a single payer hybrid program presented.

Well if his goal is to come up with another government health care plan that only Democrats vote for then that would do it.

9 posted on 01/15/2017 6:03:00 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Insurance for everybody? Just great....


10 posted on 01/15/2017 6:05:13 PM PST by plain talk
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To: DoodleDawg
Insurance for everyone. Lower deductibles. Lower costs.

Lower costs for most. Most of us are healthy and don't get shot walking down the street. The people who have expensive chronic conditions will see higher premiums.

11 posted on 01/15/2017 6:06:55 PM PST by palmer (turn into nonpaper w no identifying heading and send nonsecure)
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Lower costs for most. Most of us are healthy and don't get shot walking down the street. The people who have expensive chronic conditions will see higher premiums.

That's not what he said.

12 posted on 01/15/2017 6:08:33 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

It should not be for the unhealthy and pre existing conditions insurers

They are the ones who use resources and run up healthcare costs.

Insurance for them should be catastrophic in nature only.


13 posted on 01/15/2017 6:09:05 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The only way to lower the cost of prescription meds in the US is to institute significant tort reform.

Every day I see a dozen commercials for ambulance chasing law firms seeking people who took some kind of prescription drug and telling them they might be eligible for some significant compensation.

Hey, you take a drug, you take the risk.


14 posted on 01/15/2017 6:09:56 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: DoodleDawg

This should be single payer with those promises. If he traps himself into that then that is what politics will be all about from then on.


15 posted on 01/15/2017 6:10:02 PM PST by arthurus
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I tried to warn the trumpites that this was his position. I even posted a video of Trump making that very statement. And for telling the truth, I was suspended for a week.


16 posted on 01/15/2017 6:11:35 PM PST by taxcontrol
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That he wanted insurance for everyone? The horror!


17 posted on 01/15/2017 6:12:20 PM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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“Insurance for everyone!”

“Booo!!”

“Insurance for no one!”

“Booo!!”

“Insurance for some, little American flags for the rest.”

“Yaaay!!!”


18 posted on 01/15/2017 6:13:35 PM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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That he wanted insurance for everyone? The horror!

The horror is that he wants to provide healthcare for everyone in the country.

19 posted on 01/15/2017 6:15:20 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Yo-Yo

He might be on to something...


20 posted on 01/15/2017 6:15:49 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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