Posted on 01/16/2017 6:29:08 AM PST by mikelets456
Speaking with the Washington Post over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump promised that every American will have health insurance under his Obamacare replacement plan, which is set to be introduced in the openings months of his presidency.
Though he didn’t provide the Post with many details about his plan, Trump said the plan will provide “less expensive and much better” coverage to Americans that Obamacare has “in a much simplified form.”
“We’re going to have insurance for everybody,” Trump told the Post. “There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us.”
“It’s not going to be their plan,” he added of people currently covered under Obamacare. “It’ll be another plan. But they’ll be beautifully covered. I don’t want single-payer. What I do want is to be able to take care of people.”
Trump explained that in addition to providing coverage to every American that needs health insurance, another major part of his plan will be to target pharmaceutical companies, especially those with high drug prices.
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Fiftyty percent wage tax, $9 gas, up to 70% wage tax - EU style.
“...it will be available and affordable for everyone...”
Right...Available does not mean you are forced to buy it...It’s there if you want it...
>>>another major part of his plan will be to target pharmaceutical companies, especially those with high drug prices.
Keep in mind that a good negotiator has to be willing to say no and walk away from the table on occasion. Which treatments do you suppose that might happen with?
AND as long as I don’t have to pay for theirs.
You want to make it like car insurance with a range of coverages? That would work for me...just don’t make me pay an uninsured fee.
If life were THAT simple we would KNOW that we are in a dream. LIFE ISN'T THAT SIMPLE. I wish it were, but it AIN'T.
GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE, why don't you?
He hasn't even been sworn in and you are already downloading nothing but BAD.
We can't just "live free." There is NO SUCH THING and you do know that.
*Children cannot "pay their own bills."
**Mentally ill cannot "pay their own bills."
***Severely physically handicapped cannot "pay their own bills."
****The very poor cannot "pay their own bills."
*****Some of the elderly cannot "pay their own bills."
******The incarcerated cannot "pay their own bills."
SO, being a Christian country we help those who can't help themselves. Well, it's what Jesus taught, isn't it?
We ARE our brother's keeper.
I think we are jumping the gun. As has been pointed out. He believes in free market solutions and the free market will make health care and health insurance affordable for anyone who wants it.
My question is why does he need to get this done immediately like the Carrier deal? Wasn’t that one of the issues with Obamacare that we didn’t know what was in it? I’m glad he’s repealing it right away, but shouldn’t we know what’s in his bill?
What on earth makes people believe that removing the state line barriers will accomplish anything to lower cost? Insurance is expensive because of astronomical medical costs, period.
The real issue is not health insurance. The real issue is medical care. On medical care, the economics are very clear: those who consume the most either cannot pay or do not want to pay, while those who consume less either cannot pay or do not want to pay for those who consume more.
This issue is insoluble by government, in my opinion. Only a system which combines private enterprise (including free-market insurance policies) and private charity has any potential.
Thanks.
You will be forced to buy it if you’re a taxpayer. If you’re a freeloader it will be given to you, gratis, in exchange for your freedom.
“Get ready. We’re going to get single payer major medical (catastrophic).”
Not necessarily. The insurance companies are currently prohibited, yes, PROHIBITED, from running national Get ready. We’re going to get single payer major medical (catastrophic).insurance programs. This kills the ability to provide insurance. That law was passed to purposefully destroy free-market healthcare.
The answer can be free-market healthcare that allows everyone to have healthcare.
Everyone has access to roads, yet, not everyone pays the income taxes, road taxes like vehicle registration fees, or gas taxes. Indirectly, they do.
Healthcare is a national concern. A healthy country is a stronger, safer country, just like a country with transportation is a stronger, safer country.
There are means to have healthcare without turning it into a socialist system, no more than our roadway systems are socialist. I suspect trump is looking at that.
“running national Get ready. We’re going to get single payer major medical (catastrophic).insurance programs.”
Stoopid paste. I meant to say “national healthcare insurance programs”.
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“My question is why does he need to get this done immediately like the Carrier deal? Wasn’t that one of the issues with Obamacare that we didn’t know what was in it? I’m glad he’s repealing it right away, but shouldn’t we know what’s in his bill?”
Sheesh, get over yourself. Obamacare is a cancer upon our freedom & our economy. It must be repealed at the soonest possible moment. Trump isn’t sworn in yet. He’s not going to do a Pelosi: “We need to pass it before you can read it” BS on us. Methinks your hand-wringing might be sponsored by someone other than yourself.
Everyone having access to affordable insurance is a good thing. As long as it doesn’t break the bank.
Stop all the mandated coverages in insurance.
Maternity, mental health, addiction treatments, abortion, fixed copays on drugs and such should be a la carte like they once were.
Let insurance companies cross state lines and compete.
High deductible polices with HSA should be offered. We got individual ones just before Obie care and have been grandfathered in. $5k deductible and true 100% coverage after that. Premiums have been low, my out of pocket including premiums each year have saved me a bundle over those group polices with Cadillac coverage. My wife broke her arm and had to have surgery and overnight in the hospital. BC/BS paid every dime after the $5k deductible with nary a peep.
“This issue is insoluble by government, in my opinion. “
Think ‘roadways’, and apply that line of logic to roads. You’ll find a happy answer.
“High deductible polices with HSA should be offered. “
Do away with that altogether and simply say all healthcare costs are tax deductible. An HSA can be a means to account for the costs, but final Adjusted Gross Income (actually, scrap the income tax to start!) deducts healthcare costs, both insurance costs and actual out of pocket expenses.
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