Uhg
I will wait and see.
I figure what we are going to see is similar to the FEMA flood insurance.
Cant pay for it? Then the government will offer a high risk pool to those who cant through the states. Much like the old PCIP plans that were offered before Obastard care.
It’ll be a loser big time.
Don’t worry, Trump is no fool. It’s clear what the bill will look like and it’s going to be much more market driven. Trump isn’t going to try and sell the plan with ,”if you can’t pay too bad, die”. Moreover, print media is stupid and they always miss the point of what he says (think my times meeting right after the election)
Universal insurance is the one liberal idea that I agree on except it must also include free enterprise and keep people for going just for anything without paying.
I bet Trump can figure out how to do it without the huge failure of it in the UK, Canada etc.
Why is it that my car insurance Inhad in Texas transferred to Utah; but the medical insurance I have in Utah is NOT EVEN AVAILABLE in Texas?
Congress needs to get out of the insurance business. It is not in the constitution, Congress critters are generally very stupid creatures, and they manage to screw up everything they touch. Simply allow insurance companies to compete inter-state like car insurance does.
Insurance is nothing more than “risk transfer”. I opt to pay some amount of money to transfer the risk from me, to a company. If someone chooses not to transfer the risk, then they accept the risk. This risk may be steep financial liability or death. These are adults making adult decisions. If we are going to do “free insurance” I could be persuaded to consider minors under the age of 21. If you are not a legal adult, you cannot make an adult decision.
I’m all for this.
Good job Donald. We spend the most (by far) of any nation on the entire earth on Healthcare.
The most. Anywhere. Yet there are millions of Americans who are not covered by anyone. Because they simply cannot get coverage.
Anywhere.
That is INEXCUSABLE.
The GOP was in charge for a long time. And did NOTHING.
Trump is taking the right approach.
Good for him. Go Trump.
I’m not saying he’s there now, but here’s what Trump has said in the past. Make of it what you will.
http://ijr.com/2016/02/537107-5-times-donald-trump-praised-socialized-healthcare/
1.) Repeal Obamacare.
2.) Dust off the law that was in effect the day before Obamacare was passed.
3.) Make that the law again.
It can all be done in one day.
Trump needs to cut back on his tweeting and pronouncements, get through the inauguration, then get with his advisers and cabinet members and formulate some more specific plans and policy initiatives to carry out his agenda.
And also implement what he can simply by enforcing the law and reversing Obama’s EOs.
Exactly what he’s said all along.
Insurance should be like automobiles - if you need transport, you can buy a mercedes or you can buy a 15 year old honda civic that suits your needs. Our extensive free-market means something is available to everybody.
Some people also choose not to buy automobiles. If they need transport, they figure out how to pay for it on their own.
Health insurance should be no different.
‘Insurance for Everybody!’...
‘It’s on me!”
(he is a multi-millionaire)
We have to start with the fact that there will be no insurance for illegals, no other freebies also.
When you provide “insurance” for someone with a pre-existing condition, it’s not insurance anymore. It’s medical care. The distinction needs to be made.
Insurance is for everybody. I just want my old carrier back at decent rate. In the meantime, I’ll have to keep what my employer supplies.
I heard the argument some years back, think it was on Rush but I could be wrong, that if the govt simply paid the premiums of the 20 million or so uninsured and did nothing else, it would cost a lot less than what Odungocare is costing us.
Sounds like a plan.
I’m betting the secret sauce is that once you get the illegals and the corporates both off the federal teat, there’s plenty to go around to make sure everyone else gets a reasonable standard of care.
Probably a full 5% of GDP goes to subsidizing people who should not be here in the first place.
i realize that the President is canting his political rhetoric for survival on the enemy’s battleground, and that may be completely necessary to get obamacare repealed, but let’s be crystal clear for our part as speakers of truth to power.
whatever he’s calling “insurance,” for whomever he’s giving “insurance” to, isn’t really insurance unless the insured is paying an honest price for the risk his particular pool bears. and that price is never zero.
and if his trumpcare proposal turns out to be a dog, and it will be called trumpcare by the enemy, i’ll be the first one to call him out on it. you’d better be right on this one Mr. President.