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bmichaelh

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24. Universal Healthcare

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:50 PM

Nov 17

If one wants not to pay the greedy insurers, there is one viable solution, Medicare for All or something similar.

Trump does not know how to specific.

He talks in generalities by saying "everyone".

No, everyone is not on board with his cruelty and stupidity.

For example, I have living with lymphoma for 35 years; I am in my third remission with maintenance treatments costing $1 million/year.

How is his "plan" going to take care of that.

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Trump says he's talking to Democrats about direct health care payment plan [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 17 OP

This is all bullshit. Democrats would not like what he is proposing to do. OLDMDDEM Nov 17 #1

Talking AT Dems , not "to"... and definitely not "with". mpcamb Nov 17 #17

The subsidies Traildogbob Nov 17 #2

Like everything else with this fool, he has no idea how insurance actually works,... the nelm Nov 17 #21

That's just health interests moving piles of cash from one pocket to another. What's to cut prices??? marble falls Nov 17 #3

Yeah, Donny, tell us another fairy tale. DinahMoeHum Nov 17 #4

WTF? The ACA is working, just fund the damn thing. Does he know the coverage comes from private companies? Vinca Nov 17 #5

The Hill of course gab13by13 Nov 17 #6

Cantaloupe Caligula The Corpulent Said... GB_RN Nov 17 #7

Yeah, right...what? TWO WEEKS like his infrastucture plan? AZ8theist Nov 17 #8

Something else... GiqueCee Nov 17 #9

Every single thing popsdenver Nov 17 #10

What is the practical intent here? To allow people to buy higher deductible and presumably cheaper plans? LonePirate Nov 17 #11

OK - what about the pre-existing condition clause and the lifetime caps. Two very very important gains in the ACA Marie Marie Nov 17 #12

How can anybody be this stupid? Wiz Imp Nov 17 #13

This is his "selling" of insurance privatization nationwide as a new front for attacking Medicare, ancianita Nov 17 #14

If he eventually gets around to thinking single payer is his idea intrepidity Nov 17 #15

Let's not forget the rest of ACA Bluetus Nov 17 #16

And are these "Democrats" in the room with him now? VMA131Marine Nov 17 #18

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE NOW Karma13612 Nov 17 #19

the part I don't get is the failure to realize dingosatemyusername Nov 18 #39

Exactly. Karma13612 Nov 18 #41

Why can't we have what other countries have? twodogsbarking Nov 17 #20

Oh...like the $2k checks to Americans from the tariffs..or that he bailed out the farmers...bull crap PortTack Nov 17 #22

Let's not forget the Doge checks Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 18 #33

A "direct health care payment plan" dflprincess Nov 17 #23

Universal Healthcare bmichaelh Nov 17 #24

Wow, what if this could be done with afterlife? Just go to a store and buy however much afterlife we need, directly! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 17 #25

That does nothing to control premiums. RandySF Nov 17 #26

He talks like an 8-year-old: "It's up a gazillion million quadruple percent!" C Moon Nov 17 #27

This fucking ignorant fuck Blues Heron Nov 17 #28

..talked to them "about paying large amounts of dollars back to the people." Septua Nov 17 #29

What A Simpleton DallasNE Nov 17 #30

"The insurance companies are making a fortune," he said. Septua Nov 18 #31

He's probably lying Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 18 #32

Why not do the sensible thing? Aussie105 Nov 18 #34

So the genius idea is Diraven Nov 18 #35

How come we're hearing nothing about these talks from the Democrats? Hugin Nov 18 #36

Don't know if anyone said this yet Snoopy 7 Nov 18 #37

As long as health insurance remains a for-profit system mdbl Nov 18 #38

Dems should refuse to meet him. Tell him to write his plan up and send it to us for review. nt Hotler Nov 18 #40

Anytime trump says he is doing something Smilo Nov 18 #42