Q: in 2000, you wrote that you're a liberal on health care, and you supported a Canadian-style system, where the government acts as an insurer. Is that what you still believe?
A: You know, I looked at that. I looked at it very seriously. Some people don't agree with me on this: I want everyone to have coverage. I love the free market, but we never had a free market. Even before ObamaCare, it wasn't really free market. As an example, in New York, when I wanted to bid out my health insurance, we had boundaries. I could only go in New York. If I wanted to bid it out to a company from California or New Jersey, anywhere--you get no bids.
Q: But the single payer, you're not interested anymore?
A: No. No, these are different times. And over the years, you are going to change your attitudes. You're going to learn things and you're going to change. And I have evolved on that issue. I have evolved on numerous issues.
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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.
Source: The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump, p.206-208 & 218 , Jul 2, 2000
Well American healthcare has been attrociously spotty about coverage.
Trump is for covering people, as was Obamacare.
I’m not for Obamacare, except it covered people and that was a badly needed change.
Trump sounds like he gets it. Do you?
If you were a thinking conservative you know the answer is interstate commerce with the competition and the lower prices it would bring.
"No. No, these are different times. And over the years, you are going to change your attitudes. You're going to learn things and you're going to change. And I have evolved on that issue. I have evolved on numerous issues....We must have universal health care"
Yeah, universal health care works so well in other countries with all the waiting times for appointments, waiting times for simple tests, long waiting times for procedures, the doctors retiring, not to mention anything run by the Federal government ALWAYS waste money and reduces efficiency. It's simply the nature of government.
Are you sure you're on the correct board? We here, believe in Free Enterprise that creates competition which always lowers costs. I've owned 3 small companies and know how to read a Balance Sheet and a Profit&Loss statement and know how to compete. Apparently, you don't get capitalism. Maybe you should be talking with the socialist/commies on Slate.
Thought you were a smart person. Apparently you are ignorant to what makes any private company successful, or maybe you're just getting old and want free stuff paid by others. That I would understand, but would hold you in contempt. I'd rather die that make others pay for medical costs. IT'S NOT A RIGHT TO HAVE OTHERS PAY FOR YOUR DOCTOR! It's YOUR responsibility.
Soon you’ll see Freepers who hate obamacare & hitlerycare and big govt praise Trump’s govt run healthcare.
We’ve entered the twilight zone!
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