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Donald Trump Reveals Details of His Health Care Plan
NBC News ^
| 03/02/2016
| Ali Vitali
Posted on 03/02/2016 8:46:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump released his health care plan Wednesday evening, finally detailing the way in which he would fulfill his campaign trail promise to repeal and replace Obamacare.
In a seven-point plan posted to his website and publicized by a tweet, Trump says he will do away with the individual health insurance mandate, as well as allow competition over states lines for health care plans, and block grant Medicaid to the states, allowing them to follow through on his prescription to "eliminate fraud, waste and abuse to preserve our precious resources."
The decision to go against the idea of an individual mandate is new for Trump, who told CNN during a February town hall before the South Carolina primary that he "likes the mandate" and that makes him "a little bit different" than other conservatives.
But Wednesday's plan outlines as the first point on the list: "Our elected representatives must eliminate the individual mandate. No person should be required to buy insurance unless he or she wants to."
He counters that, however, by saying individuals should be allowed to "fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns."
The third bullet point goes on to say that "we must make sure no one slips through the cracks simply because they cannot afford insurance" and that "we must review basic options for Medicaid and work with states to ensure that those who want healthcare coverage can have it."
Further, Trump ties illegal immigration to his healthcare plan, writing "providing healthcare to illegal immigrants costs us some $11 billion annually ... If we were to simply enforce the current immigration laws and restrict the unbridled granting of visas to this country,
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: New York
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To: Fledermaus
Yes, and regarding the requirement to cover “pre existing” conditions, I hear democrats are talking about extending the requirement to all other insurance lines. Imagine being able to buy fire insurance and be covered while your house is in flames, or just after a fatal car crash, or even as you are receiving last rites at your life’s end. How could it hurt the industry?
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posted on
03/02/2016 9:59:01 PM PST
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: Mollypitcher1
Practice what you preach. Cruz is NOT a Natural Born Citizen. The Constitution is the law of the land yet TWO Ineligible people are trying to STEAL the Presidency. YOU find where a Canadian citizen is allowed to be the president in the Constiution and get back with me.
LOL! You are so uninformed.
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posted on
03/02/2016 9:59:57 PM PST
by
KittenClaws
( Normalcy Bias. Do you have it?)
To: P-Marlowe
The individual mandate was intended to bring more people into the insurance pools and thus lower the cost of insuring sick people. (Failure.)
However, even without the individual mandate, insurance companies are still prevented from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions (under Obamacare.)
So no one slips through the cracks. They never did really. During annual open enrollment, all major carriers have allowed pre-existing conditions for years and years.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:00:17 PM PST
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: Sgt_Schultze
Well, Dems still believe in fairy tales and the goose that will never stop laying those golden eggs.
Which is why they have to keep Jack and his mother down! lol
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:00:21 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Trump: I Don't Trust Him. Pandering isn't pretty.)
To: goldstategop
Im on Medicaid and I do my co-pays for office visits and hospital appointments. So its not like I dont pay my fair share. It isn't?
Many of us pay around $400 a month (or more) plus copays and big deductibles.
"Fair share" is RAT-speak.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:01:20 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: P-Marlowe
What do you propose?
I’d love to get back to individual and church-based charity. Do you know how to do it, especially now that the guv’s already got its fingers in the pie?
I sure can’t think of a way to do it all in one go, especially not a way that will get past Congress.
And ESPECIALLY because charities have atrophied so much in the intervening years that they’d likely be crushed if all the current Medicaid cases—even the genuine ones where they’re unable to pay—were dumped onto them.
I’m not trying to mock you; I’m genuinely asking what could be done, because I can’t think of anything.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:03:09 PM PST
by
Luircin
(The difference between lesser evil and greater good is who gets schlonged in the end.)
To: Fledermaus
Nope....I just go by everything he’s said since he announced his campaign.
Here....read his healthcare plan, for yourself.....
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform
Btw, I haven’t seen cRuz’s posted HC position, on his website.
All he has are donation buttons. LOL. $5, $10, $20....anything you can do will help....Yikes....why am I thinking about that CReepy CRuz donation vid this late at night? :-/
Take care.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:04:37 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
To: Jane Long
Nice big donation button on Trump’s site.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:08:21 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Trump: I Don't Trust Him. Pandering isn't pretty.)
To: Jane Long
Oh, btw, you mean the plan this week?
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:09:04 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Trump: I Don't Trust Him. Pandering isn't pretty.)
To: P-Marlowe
So Romney’s a candidate? Don’t think so. Besides, he’s not in Trump’s league.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:11:34 PM PST
by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
To: Jim Robinson
Amen, but will he actually follow through? He’s said he’s a deal-maker. He’s said everything is negotiable. He’s said he goes big up front knowing that he’ll negotiate down.
My primary questions, at this point, are how much will he negotiate down and can I live with it? (Obviously, Hillary would screw us.)
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:13:44 PM PST
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: Fledermaus
On every flipping page???? Nope.
On the opening “capture” page???? Nope.
Nope...Only get that with cRuz-in for your $ site ;-)
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:14:39 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
To: Luircin
Id love to get back to individual and church-based charity. Do you know how to do it, especially now that the guvs already got its fingers in the pie? Well, the first thing we need to recognize is that Trump's solution is a big government solution. It is more of the same.
We got here incrementally and the only way to back out is one step at a time.
Guaranteeing everyone who has a pre-existing condition some kind of insurance is an incremental increase in the big government.
Repeal. Don't replace.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:15:04 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
To: KittenClaws
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:16:45 PM PST
by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Yet another flip flop that proves Trump has no core.
Everything in his policy position is what he has been saying through this entire campaign. You would think the media would know this, they've shown his stump speeches on live TV nearly every day for six months. Market based reforms, repeal Obamacare, erase the state boundaries restricting the free market from lowering costs, etc. etc. etc.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:19:10 PM PST
by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: SeekAndFind
Number 2 is a red herring. Any insurance company can sell policies in any state provided they meet state laws. The problem is that each state has their own mandates and restrictions which make policies more or less expensive.
What’s Trump going to do, forbid states from passing laws?
To: P-Marlowe
Personally, I see this as a big step in the right direction. This IS incrementally, and maybe if we’re intent enough we can push it a little bit further until the time comes to try to deregulate again.
As I mentioned earlier tonight, I don’t think it’s possible at this point to do everything in one go, barring complete national collapse.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:21:06 PM PST
by
Luircin
(The difference between lesser evil and greater good is who gets schlonged in the end.)
To: Luircin
Very nice response . . .
Me? I was going to write kittenclaws . . . hissssssssss, my don't we have the claws out tonight. You did much better than I ever could.
Ya know, sometimes even the wife does not want to slow down and absorb the information before scratching. Just smile and walk away quietly. eh?
To: BuckeyeTexan
So no one slips through the cracks. They never did really. During annual open enrollment, all major carriers have allowed pre-existing conditions for years and years. Not so, and I know this first-hand. If you had a pre-existing condition, you could NOT buy health insurance, even if you had the ability to pay an increased premium. (Oh, you could, with a massively increased premium, if you just immediately lost your insurance, like timing out of a COBRA plan - but if you weren't in that exact position, you were S*** Out Of Luck.)
I think you should be able to buy insurance no matter what - to not have it can turn into a death sentence for some. I understand that for some it will have to be offered at increased premium cost, due to the known increased load they'll put on the system.
To: SeekAndFind
> “The decision to go against the idea of an individual mandate is new for Trump, who told CNN during a February town hall before the South Carolina primary that he “likes the mandate” and that makes him “a little bit different” than other conservatives.”
I reviewed in depth the exact exchange and the mandate DT referred to were the NY State mandates to treat all people at ERs, else people would literally be dying in the streets.
NBC and other national media and their local affiliates continue to take his statements out of the intended contexts.
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posted on
03/02/2016 10:21:51 PM PST
by
Hostage
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