[GeaugaRepublican]

For those that talk about Trumps assertion that we must have Single payer, here is what he really said read the entire statement.... 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

[JediJones]

Sounds exactly like Obamacare.

Why again do we need the government involved to create a “marketplace?” Why does the government have to be involved at all? Why can’t I just go to the 620 insurance web sites and buy it myself?

[Bidimus1]

So a plan subsidized by the tax payer for employees that have a “company” running in the read by Trillions of dollars is the plan he wants to copy.

He cribbed that of from Heritage Foundation.

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/1992/02/consumer-choice-in-health-learning-from-the-federal-employee-health-benefits-program

which mind you included

“Second, Congress needs to require working-age Americans not covered by Medi care or Medicaid to purchase at least a basic health plan, and to provide assistance to families who otherwise would be unable to afford “ That is a Mandate.

Also that was 1992(Heritage) or 2000(djt) the demographics of worker and retired are a bit different now as are the number of companies in the market place.

[eartick]

We must take care of our own. We must have universal healthcare

Hello. Is that you Hillary?