I hope the FC and President Trump simply focus on a couple of the items in Donald Trump's seven-point health care reform plan from his 2016 campaign:
1. Completely repeal Obamacare, including the individual mandate.
2. Enable consumers to buy insurance across state lines.
3. Exclude all health insurance premiums from taxation, not just employer-sponsored insurance.
4. Allow individuals to use Health Savings Accounts.
5. Require price transparency from all healthcare providers.
6. Block-grant Medicaid to the states.
7. Allow U.S. consumers to buy drugs from overseas.
I know everyone wants #1, but I could accept the notion that this is not politically feasible in one fell swoop.
To me, #3, #4 and #6 should be no-brainers. I think #2 seems very feasible, but I don't know what kind of different state interests might put pressure on their representatives in Washington to fight this.
Add to your list a repeal of the Bush era extensions to drug patent terms. Better yet, limit drug patents to three years.
Excluding premiums from taxes is still bad policy, so at best that should be synced with a fairly quick repeal for all tax wxemptuons on healthcare costs.
But the quislings are too sniveling and bought off by the insurance companies to do what is right and explain to thw piblic why it is needed.
1. Completely repeal Obamacare, including the individual mandate.
2. Enable consumers to buy insurance across state lines.
3. Exclude all health insurance premiums from taxation, not just employer-sponsored insurance.
4. Allow individuals to use Health Savings Accounts.
5. Require price transparency from all healthcare providers.
6. Block-grant Medicaid to the states.
7. Allow U.S. consumers to buy drugs from overseas.
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This is so simple but apparently impossible for Ryan. Ryan is owned by Big Insurance and Big Pharm. The Industry wants a return to the pre Obama Care regime, after successfully convincing Americans over the last 7 to live with $6000.00 deductions, which if continued, will sky rocket industry profits.
Its Ryan’s job to give these profits to the Industry. He could care less about this perfectly fine 7 point regime that America wants, indeed what America was promised.
Ryan’s goal is to hoodwink America. President Trump will destroy his own presidency if he goes along with Ryan.