White House Economic Advisor says President, Vice-President, Administration Fully Support RinoCare

Fox News Chri ^ | 3-12-17 | Fox News Sunday

[PK1991]

This guys a little shifty eyed.

[Baynative]

I though Trump really understood the logic and reasoning behind dumping this garbage and letting the free market sort it out.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Ryancare is not repeal, it's rearranging.

[kindred]

President Trump needs to push the conservative caucus plan or he will suffer much loss by supporting the obamacare lite Ryan Congress care bill that working class Americans hate.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Betting his Presidency on this turkey is a bad bet.

[Logical me]

I have a real bad feeling that President Trump is going to make a real bad mistake. Seems he favors Government control over health care and that is not what I understood. I understood Obamacare was to be dumped in total and the free enterprise system will have to reinstall insurance plans. Most insurance companies still sell insurance, just needs to be improved over State lines etc.

[Alberta's Child]

The “free market” can never sort it out in a country where most voters want access to a Lamborghini standard of health care but are only willing to pay for a Ford.

[Alberta's Child]

Here is the political dilemma:

Our health care system screws younger and healthier people for the benefit of people who are older and/or less healthy. Most younger people didn't vote for Trump. Most older people did.

[Lord Castlereagh]

Not to be contentious, but the free market sorts that out every day all day tens of billions of times every day.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Tea Party Rally 9/12/2009, opposing Obamacare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOlIXVt4pTU

We did not march on Washington to rearrange Obamacare.

[Alberta's Child]

Can you give me one example of a “free market” at work in an industry that is built almost entirely on third-party payments for a product or service?

[Lord Castlereagh]

Well you said the free market wouldn’t work where people want X, but only want to pay X-Y. I pointed out that the FM solves that problem.

Now if you are pointing out that our health ins. system is NOT a free market, I agree with you.

[Alberta's Child]

Right. Sorry for the confusion. Health insurance can't operate as a free market because health CARE doesn't operate as a free market.

If you want to see a free market in health care, eliminate insurance entirely!

[9YearLurker]

Yep—he gives out a very bad vibe.

Past CEO of Goldman, so I guess what we should expect.

But not my favorite appointment at all.

[Lord Castlereagh]

You know, a LOT of people say that. That part about eliminating insurance entirely.

A LOT of people say that, so I think there might be something to it, but I do NOT understand why insurance is supposed to be the problem in health care.

Why do not people have the same problems in auto ins. or home ins. etc.?

I SHOULD understand this theory, but I do not. Time to check in with some think tanks...

[9YearLurker]

A free market would enable people to buy health insurance from companies willing to provide it.

But without the employer tax-free loophole, it would be for catastrophic coverage only—and most of the market would take place without a third-party involved.

[Alberta's Child]

Good post. I will respond later.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Leave Obamacare in place and let the free market do the rest. If people want Obamacare, they can still have it.

[TNoldman]

Phase 1 will end Obamacare. The Senate rules for reconcilation with a Budget require what is being done to enable ending Obamacare with just 51 votes. Any other technique would allow filibusters and require 60 votes. No Democrat will vote for repeal.
Sit tight and let the system work. Investigate yourself and you will understand.

[PTBAA]

Except for catastrophic healthcare policies.