Of the proposals listed in the seven-point plan, Obamacare receives the most stage time, with Trump making the bold claim that it has "raised the economic uncertainty of every single person residing in this country."
"...The American people have had to suffer under the incredible economic burden of the Affordable Care Act - Obamacare. This legislation...has tragically but predictably resulted in runaway costs, websites that don't work, greater rationing of care, higher premiums, less competition and fewer choices," Trump wrote in the plan, which was posted to his website on Wednesday.
He goes on to state that the Trump administration will ask for a full repeal of the healthcare plan on "day one" of the presidential term.
Comment: Keep in mind that Trump will - and does - say anything and everything necessary to garner more followers and thus votes. Not much different than what Obama did during his election campaigns, but definitely with a very different tone and demeanor. Point being, candidates say whatever they think will get them elected, and what they say is no indicator of what they'll actually do when put into office. History makes this very clear.
However, the presidential candidate stresses that repealing the "terrible legislation" will not be enough.
"We will work with Congress to make sure we have a series of reforms ready for implementation that follow free market principles and that will restore economic freedom and certainty to everyone in this country," he states.
In addition to repealing Obamacare, Trump promises to allow for any healthcare provider to offer insurance in any state.
However, former health insurance executive Wendell Potter told RT that despite Trump's claims, there is currently "no federal law that prohibits insurance companies from selling across state lines."
"The two companies that I worked for over 20 years - Cigna and Humana - sell in almost every state, and what we need to know is that because there is no federal law that prohibits this, it's really the states that are regulating health insurance. And the president of the United States, whether it's Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, will not be able to dictate what those states do, so it's just kind of an absurd thing," Potter said.
In addition, Trump has promised to allow individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns; allow individuals to use Health Savings Accounts (HSAs); require price transparency from all healthcare providers; convert Medicaid into a block-grant program; and remove entry barriers into free markets for prescription drug providers.
Comment: Being able to deduct health care insurance premiums may appeal to those that can afford insurance, what about those who can't afford it?
Elaborating on those points, Trump says that "no person should be required to buy insurance unless he or she wants to,"but that those who do purchase it should be able to "fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns."
"We must make sure no one slips through the cracks simply because they cannot afford insurance," he adds.
The presidential hopeful also manages to tie the topic of immigration - a key focus of his campaign - into the plan, stating that "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, we could relieve healthcare cost pressures on state and local governments."
In conclusion, Trump says that "Congress will need the courage to step away from the special interests and do what is right for America."
"Comment: Being able to deduct health care insurance premiums may appeal to those that can afford insurance, what about those who can't afford it? "
You bite the dust, that's what happens. After they have sucked all your money out of you(Doctors and Pharma and endless Tests), and your friendly local Medicaid program tosses you into the dirt, you do without. You endure the pain and suffering, and the humiliation of being robbed and lied to.
It doesn't matter to these profiteering Monsters one bit, they and their Minions take great pleasure in causing you pain and suffering. They took from the Medicare I paid over $40,000 over 40+ years and give it to the drug addicts and freeloaders. It comes directly out of the elderly, the ones who cannot do anything about it.
A constructed Enigma that reads like this: If you cannot afford to pay the bills directly, and you must rely on the Medicare that doesn't pay enough to cover the bills, you find yourself staring at Medicaid that you don't qualify for. The Rules are so contructed as to ensure this, and the benefit amts. of most S.Sec payments are so set as to ensure you won't qualify.
Now that they have raided Medicare and Social Security, they call them "Entitlement" programs.
It's legalized fraud, and it's one more reason why the American Public is so angry with the Politicians who were the Enablers in the Theft and Repacaging of S.Sec and Medicare that they now threaten to cut as "Entitlement" Programs.
It's just another example of how the Government at all levels have robbed the public and gave to the Elite. However, it is a most sinister and deadly robbery.