Trump Can Improve Health Care Without Congress

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Power Line
John Hinderaker
July 12, 2017

At the moment, it appears that the Republican Congress will not be able to pass any meaningful health insurance reform legislation. I hope that assessment is too pessimistic, but in any event, President Trump doesn’t need to wait for Congress. There is a great deal he can do, administratively, to reverse the damage being caused by Obamacare and help to preserve private markets for health care.

In response to a request from the Department of Health and Human Services, Peter Nelson, my associate at Center of the American Experiment, has prepared a set of recommendations for administrative actions that the Trump administration can take. He has submitted the following memo to HHS, and it has been endorsed by a large number of state think tanks.

A common criticism of the GOP is that it is incapable of governing. Congress’s current paralysis gives credence to that view. The Trump administration has an excellent opportunity to demonstrate that conservative principles can generate practical policies that will, in this case, help to stop the inexorable slide toward socialized medicine.

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What a convoluted mess has been made of health care.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Romney said that, if he were elected President, he would give everyone a waiver like the waiver Obama gave to Unions and other Leftist groups.