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Donald Trump on Health Care

We must have universal health care
I’m a conservative on most issues but a liberal on health. It is an unacceptable but accurate fact that the number of uninsured Americans has risen to 42 million. Working out detailed plans will take time. But the goal should be clear: Our people are our greatest asset. We must take care of our own. We must have universal healthcare.
Our objective [should be] to make reforms for the moment and, longer term, to find an equivalent of the single-payer plan that is affordable, well-administered, and provides freedom of choice. Possible? The good news is, yes. There is already a system in place-the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program-that can act as a guide for all healthcare reform. It operates through a centralized agency that offers considerable range of choice. While this is a government program, it is also very much market-based. It allows 620 private insurance companies to compete for this market. Once a year participants can choose from plans which vary in benefits and costs.
http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Donald_Trump_Health_Care.htm

I don’t know the answer to healthcare, I do know 20 30 years ago something worked. What happened? Didn’t Reagan do something along the line of big deductions for insurance provided by employers? In 1998 I had no problem with obtaining health insurance, now its a mess. Can someone tell me what went wrong with it? I know O care is a mess so save that I mean before that. I noticed health insurance went to crap under Bush but I think that started under Clinton.