Trump’s plan to improve healthcare, that everyone said wouldn’t work, is already working

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump’s plan to improve healthcare, that everyone said wouldn’t work, is already working
Washington Examiner, Feb 4, 2019, Jack Hunter

In June, the Trump administration instituted new rules that would allow small businesses and individuals to access health insurance through what the president called “ association health plans.” This would permit certain businesses and the self-employed to band together, even across state lines, to provide coverage for members outside of Obamacare’s strict rules.

Critics declared Trump’s plan dead on arrival. Democrats called it “ junk insurance.” Liberal news outlet Vox called it a “ flop.” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said the plans “ aren’t saving anyone money.” Andy Slavitt, who helped oversee the implementation of the Affordable Care Act said, "Association health plans are not the solution to any problem Americans have. They won't make drugs more affordable, they won't help Americans get health care they need.”

They’re all wrong.  It turns out association health plans have quickly become a solution to many Americans’ coverage problems, are more affordable than Obamacare, and are helping many get the care they need.

“It's time to acknowledge that critics may have misjudged one of the Trump administration's signature health-care policies – ‘bigly,’” writes Washington Post Assistant Editor and Opinions Contributor Robert Gebelhoff.

“New reports suggest that much of that fear might be overblown — at least for the time being,” he continued. “As The Washington Post's health policy guru Paige Winfield Cunningham laid out this week, more than two dozen association health plans have been developed since the administration issued its new rule, and so far they don't look nearly as skimpy as experts predicted.”

Cunningham’s coverage included these developments.



Read more:  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-plan-to-improve-healthcare-that-everyone-said-wouldnt-work-is-already-working

[libertybele]

Trump’s plan to improve healthcare, that everyone said wouldn’t work, is already working
Washington Examiner, Feb 4, 2019, Jack Hunter

In June, the Trump administration instituted new rules that would allow small businesses and individuals to access health insurance through what the president called “ association health plans.” This would permit certain businesses and the self-employed to band together, even across state lines, to provide coverage for members outside of Obamacare’s strict rules.

Critics declared Trump’s plan dead on arrival. Democrats called it “ junk insurance.” Liberal news outlet Vox called it a “ flop.” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said the plans “ aren’t saving anyone money.” Andy Slavitt, who helped oversee the implementation of the Affordable Care Act said, "Association health plans are not the solution to any problem Americans have. They won't make drugs more affordable, they won't help Americans get health care they need.”

They’re all wrong.  It turns out association health plans have quickly become a solution to many Americans’ coverage problems, are more affordable than Obamacare, and are helping many get the care they need.

“It's time to acknowledge that critics may have misjudged one of the Trump administration's signature health-care policies – ‘bigly,’” writes Washington Post Assistant Editor and Opinions Contributor Robert Gebelhoff.

“New reports suggest that much of that fear might be overblown — at least for the time being,” he continued. “As The Washington Post's health policy guru Paige Winfield Cunningham laid out this week, more than two dozen association health plans have been developed since the administration issued its new rule, and so far they don't look nearly as skimpy as experts predicted.”

Cunningham’s coverage included these developments.

Read more:  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-plan-to-improve-healthcare-that-everyone-said-wouldnt-work-is-already-working

Good.  Health insurance across state lines and association health care plans are ideas that Paul and Cruz had come up with awhile ago.  Glad to see that they have been implemented and working.  Good for President Trump for getting it done!

Gee, not only is it working but the coverage is better and more AFFORDABLE than Bammy's insurance under the Affordable Care Act!