BREAKING: Trump Just Revealed His Plan for Obamacare, and It’s Better Than We Dreamed
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Billionaire
businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump, along with
virtually every single other Republican candidate ever, has vowed to do away with the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, if he is elected.
Trump
has been dogged mightily by media and the other candidates about
exactly how he would get rid of Obamacare, and what specifically he
would replace it with, all amidst accusations that he secretly supported
the law and would keep the loathsome individual mandate in place.
Those
allegations should be a moot point going forward, as Trump has released
a seven-part plan to reform our nation’s health care system, according
to CNN.
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Calling it “simply a place to start,” Trump’s health care reform plan focused on repealing Obamacare and not
replacing it with another comprehensive bill, but with small reforms
that would allow competition and the free market to smooth out the
government-created wrinkles in the system.
The seven parts of Trump’s proposal included:
1.
Ask Congress to completely repeal Obamacare, including the individual
mandate. “No person should be required to buy insurance unless he or she
wants to.”
2. Modify existing laws to allow
for the sale and purchase of health insurance plans across state lines.
“By allowing full competition in this market, insurance costs will go
down and consumer satisfaction will go up.”
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3.
Make health insurance premium payments fully deductible on an
individual’s tax return in the same way that businesses are allowed to
deduct their premium payments.
4. Permit
individuals and families to use tax-free Health Savings Accounts. These
accounts would not only be allowed to accumulate, but also be
transferable and inheritable, and would be flexible enough to use on
behalf of other family members if necessary.
5.
Require transparency in pricing by health care providers and health
care organizations, such as insurance companies, doctors, hospitals and
clinics. “Individuals should be able to shop to find the best prices for
procedures, exams or any other medical-related procedure.”
6.
Convert Medicaid funding into block grants to the states. “The state
governments know their people best and can manage the administration of
Medicaid far better without federal overhead.”
7.
Remove barriers to entry in the pharmaceutical drug industry. Making
pharmaceutical drugs more of a competitive free market would bring down
prices and improve safety and reliability by allowing consumers more
options to fill their prescription drug needs.
Of
course, the success of all of these steps are contingent upon some of
Trump’s other policy plans being put into place as well, such as fully enforcing immigration laws, rooting
out waste and abuse, and setting up the economy for success with lower
tax rates and less regulation, all of which will relieve pressures on
the health care industry and free up money for consumers to spend.
The
next time someone tells you that Donald Trump has no plan for repealing
Obamacare and allowing it to be replaced by free market competition,
simply direct them to Trump’s plan as published on his own website,
where it can be viewed in all of its detail.
H/T WND
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Trump has released his plan to repeal Obamacare and reform our
health care system, and it looks like a pretty good start.
So, THERE are you nay sayers!!!
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