Author Topic: The Weird, Backdoor Way Trump and Republicans Are Moving Us Towards Single Payer, Even as We Speak  (Read 281 times)

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Offline ABX

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Remember back during the 2016 GOP primary, when then-candidate Donald Trump told CBS News that under his health care plan, â€œI am going to take care of everybody… The government’s gonna pay for it”?
Well, according to some statistics and data published by Axios last week, it looks like that’s turning out to be exactly right. ....

https://www.redstate.com/diary/lizmair/2018/04/09/weird-backdoor-way-trump-republicans-moving-us-towards-single-payer-even-speak/



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All of this is a result of President Trump’s decision to cut off the ACA’s cost-sharing payments. That move prompted insurers to raise their premiums in a way that triggered big spikes in the premium subsidies — which ultimately is more expensive for the government than simply funding the cost-sharing payments.