1 month ago
Donald Trump still supported Universal healthcare.
According to BuzzFeed News, Trump said that the U.S. should consider making healthcare a government benefit available to all Americans. He said at the time:
“I would put forward a comprehensive health care program and fund it with an increase in corporate taxes.”
GeronL, I have heard him deliver the same comments on Obamacare over and over.
He states he wants a robust private sector marketplace.
He does talk about the uninsured, but lets be frank about that.
Have that 45 million ever gone completely without health care?
The answer to that is no.
Even before Obamacare, those people could walk into any E.R. and get coverage. If they didn’t have adequate income, they could get on MediCal or the equivalent in other states.
Today they have official coverage. We pay for that too.
Obama is moving toward single payer. Trump wants to expand it in the other direction with more insurance competition lowering rates and provide a more diverse set of policies.
He has also talked about a private sector solution to the uninsured. This could take the form of innovative insurance policies with high deductibles, so the federal government wouldn’t be stuck for anything over the first $10,000.
Maybe their are other innovative ideas out there too. Trump has said he wants to talk to hospitals, physicians, and insurance companies.
The private sector insurance is private insurance. Period. It’s not government insurance. For those with very little income, perhaps something can be done that is much less expensive than what we have ever paid out for it.
We will see.
I have not seen him talk about big taxes on the rich to pay for insurance.
The entire interview, , that this *Universal healthcare* premise is based on, is linked, at your article link.
Have you listened to it? I did, because I couldn’t find - in your linked article - anywhere where Trump called his proposed health plan *Universal* healthcare. So, I actually listened to the interview.
And, here is exactly what Trump said, about healthcare....
...I want people taken care of. Call it what YOU want, but I wan’t people taken care of. People who can afford it, are going to have great plans. So good - we’re going to break (state) borders.
A lot of people had great plans they loved, before 0bamaCare came in. I did. Now we have horrible plans and pay 5 times more for. We’re going to get great plans.
The biggest thing that government has to do is make sure these insurance companies are very solvent....strong...so they don’t collapse. (That’s the) only function of government.
On top of that, people who can’t afford to do that, we have to help out at a lower level. Make deals with doctors and hospitals and people where they can get the care. You can’t have a guy that has no money and is sick not see a doctor or hospital. I’m a conservative with a heart. If I lose votes for that, I don’t care.
You have to take care of poor people...it won’t be pretty, not as nice as the other, but they’ll get taken care of. Under 0bamaCare, they’re not being taken care of very well.
How is opening up PRIVATE insurance plans, across states Universal healthcare?
How is a system (just like our pre-0bamaCare system) that offers differing levels of care, based on what you CHOSE to pay, Universal healthcare?
How is CONFIRMING that any (private) insurance company that provides health insurance plans is a solvent, strong company Universal healthcare?
How is making deals with doctors and hospitals (with corporate taxes) to treat the poor Universal healthcare?
It’s not. The article you linked to calls it Universal healthcare...Trump does not. Nor does what he has laid out describe Universal healthcare, either.