President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama\u2019s signature health-care law with the goal of \u201cinsurance for everybody,\u201d while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid.<\/p>\n
[…] Trump said his plan for replacing most aspects of Obama\u2019s health-care law is all but finished. Although he was coy about its details \u2014 \u201clower numbers, much lower deductibles\u201d \u2014 he said he is ready to unveil it alongside Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). \u201cIt\u2019s very much formulated down to the final strokes. We haven\u2019t put it in quite yet but we\u2019re going to be doing it soon,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
[…] As he has developed a replacement package, Trump said he has paid attention to critics who say that repealing Obamacare would put coverage at risk for more than 20 million Americans covered under the law\u2019s insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have insurance for everybody,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThere was a philosophy in some circles that if you can\u2019t pay for it, you don\u2019t get it. That\u2019s not going to happen with us.\u201d People covered under the law \u201ccan expect to have great health care. It will be in a much simplified form. Much less expensive and much better.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
… he then just turned to Congress and basically punted it over to them. Because he had no actual plan.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The GOP-controlled Congress tried. They spent all of 2017 crafting and recrafting and negotiating within their caucus to get some sort of “repeal and replace” passed.\u00a0The closest they got was the AHCA, which kicked a bunch of people off of insurance and didn’t cover pre-existing conditions, and which ended up being defeated in a last-second vote by Sen. John McCain in July. Subsequent efforts to just “repeal” and “repeal but delay repeal for two years” also failed.<\/p>\n (Ironically, just as the ACA almost foundered on the gap between folk on the far left of the Dems who wanted a much more sweeping health insurance reform, and the Blue Dog Dems who wanted something much more conservative, the GOP’s efforts were stymied. on conservative Senators and House members who wanted flat-out repeal, and more moderate GOP congressfolk who insisted on a much softer landing.)<\/p>\n The GOP basically gave up in Election Year 2018, but still lost control of the House in that fall’s election, largely over their shenanigans against the ACA, which people suddenly realized they actually kind of liked (or liked more than the status quo ante<\/em>).<\/p>\n Which brings us to now, when the Trump Administration is seeking to get the ACA defeated in court, while promising that it has (or will have Real Soon Now) the\u00a0Much More Better Great Bestest health care plan to replace the ACA. It says that, not because it has such a plan (it still<\/em> doesn’t), but because it expects the GOP in the Senate to write such a plan — something even Mitch McConnell isn’t willing to do.<\/p>\n So instead, Donald has declared he never really<\/em> wanted it written and voted on before the 2020 election anyway, and will instead actively campaign on how Beautiful and Great his Brand New Plan will be\u00a0after<\/em> the election when he inexplicably expects to have control back of the House for the GOP, and so will be able to have something written for him that will be Truly Awesome<\/em>.<\/p>\n Everybody agrees that ObamaCare doesn\u2019t work. Premiums & deductibles are far too high – Really bad HealthCare! Even the Dems want to replace it, but with Medicare for all, which would cause 180 million Americans to lose their beloved private health insurance. The Republicans…..<\/p>\n — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trump-2019-03.png\" "\\"trump")
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