White House working on secret healthcare plan with three conservative think tanks

[mystery-ak]

White House working on secret healthcare plan with three conservative think tanks
by Emily Ward
 | March 31, 2019 08:04 PM



The White House is quietly working on a healthcare policy proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.

While it is not clear how far along the process is, work on a proposal has been going on for months. The effort appears to belie criticism that Trump's decision to restart the debate on healthcare, an issue Democrats used to their advantage in the 2018 midterms, was an error committed without forethought.

“The White House, mainly through the National Economic Council, has been engaged on thinking about health care reform for a while now, and they have been engaged with a group of center-right health policy groups to talk about various proposals and ideas,” a conservative health policy analyst told the Washington Examiner.

The analyst said the administration has been “having conversations” on healthcare policy and has reached out to numerous think tanks, including the Heritage Foundation, the Mercatus Center, and the Hoover Institute.

“They’ve had conversations for the last several months and as recently as a few weeks ago,” the analyst said. “Before the president said what he said, they’d been consistently focused on working on a healthcare plan.”

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[austingirl]

Too bad the GOP didn't do this back in 2015.

[Sanguine]

So, if they're conservative think tanks, why are they working on a federal health care program?

[edpc]

While it is not clear how far along the process is, work on a proposal has been going on for months. The effort appears to belie criticism that Trump's decision to restart the debate on healthcare, an issue Democrats used to their advantage in the 2018 midterms, was an error committed without forethought.

I’d be more inclined to believe there was a method, except for the history of known previous surprises, such as the Syria withdrawal, cancellation of Korea military exercises, and midterm tax cut announcements.

[rustynail]

MITT ROMNEY is involved in "preliminary discussions" about coming up with an ACA replacement plan, his office confirms to us.
(link: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436572-gop-lawmakers-root-against-trump-in-court-on-obamacare) thehill.com/homenews/admin…

[skeeter]

So, if they're conservative think tanks, why are they working on a federal health care program?

Ideally, the only government meddling in health care, if any, would be at the local level and only in the safety net aspects. But since the Fedgov is in up to its neck and isn't going anywhere I'm glad groups like the Hoover institute & Heritage Foundation are involved in any reform of the current mess.

[Right_in_Virginia]

MITT ROMNEY is involved in "preliminary discussions" about coming up with an ACA replacement plan, his office confirms to us.
(link: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436572-gop-lawmakers-root-against-trump-in-court-on-obamacare) thehill.com/homenews/admin…

Let's hope it's to remind themselves what not to do @rustynail

[GrouchoTex]

So, if they're conservative think tanks, why are they working on a federal health care program?

@Sanguine

The perfect question.....

[txradioguy]

So, if they're conservative think tanks, why are they working on a federal health care program?

Exactly