Trump misspoke when he promised that the
Obamacare replacement would be better.
He should have explained why healthcare costs had become unsustainable,
what he and Congress could do to lower healthcare costs and warned voters that
lowering costs would take time.
Trump correctly gave the healthcare fix to
the Congress, because, as President, he doesn’t pass the laws, Congress does
that.
The failure of RyanCare is Ryan’s fault.
He should have opened the process with several weeks of discussions that
included all Republicans. They need to
write a bill they can all vote for in the House and Senate without any
Democrats.
Trump’s order removed the fines and
mandates, but the un-twizzling of the cost drivers in Obamacare needs to be
done in the correct order.
The cost drivers include illegal
immigrant, refugee and non-citizen benefits included in the $384 billion a year
it takes to give non-citizens US welfare.
It also includes malpractice suits that have created “defensive
medicine”. I also includes the fact that
providers are not yet required to disclose their prices. It also includes regulations that
unnecessarily increase the cost of healthcare. It includes the end of cost
shifting from non-paying to paying consumers. It would end the requirement that
hospitals are required to treat patients for free and allow providers to turn
patients away. It would require the return of county and charity funded clinics
for the poor. States would be encouraged to allow insurance sales across state
lines.
Trump should continue to expose price
gouging and beat up on the perpetrators like big pharma and hospital policies
Eligibility rules and coverage
requirements need to be removed from Obamacare to allow health insurers to
offer whatever plans they think they can sell.
Let’s see if the Democrats will attack the health insurance consumers
for not paying more for more coverage.
There should be no federal regulations
requiring all insurance companies to include any features now on the
table. A free market has no moral
imperatives.
Insurance companies should be able to sell
a major medical plan with a $1 million lifetime maximum, no coverage for 26
year old children and no coverage for pre-existing conditions. Consumers should be able to mix and match
coverages and compare prices. See the joke that backfired below:
Dick Morris Reports
President Trump is in the middle of a brilliant maneuver to repeal
Obamacare without even asking the Democrats in Congress to go along — by
pulling Obamacare’s teeth! He is not destroying Obamacare. Instead, he is
making it voluntary. He knows that if nobody is required to sign up for its
ridiculous plans with their sky-high premiums and gigantic deductibles, then
nobody will. Good-bye, Obamacare. But how is he doing it?
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/videos/donald-trump-obamacare-repeal-plan/
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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