January 16, 2017
Will Trump’s Obamacare Replacement Provide ‘Insurance for Everybody’?
January 16, 2017
Image by Gage Skidmore, CC with attribution.
As we’ve shown with FREOPP’s health reform plan, Transcending Obamacare: A Patient-Centered Plan for Near-Universal Coverage and Permanent Fiscal Solvency, it’s possible to achieve more health insurance coverage than the Affordable Care Act does, with less government intervention, if you use a better-designed approach. I discussed this on the penultimate episode of Fox News’ The Kelly File earlier this month:
Over the weekend, Donald Trump gave an interview to the Washington Post, in which he promised that his plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will provide “insurance for everybody.” He also avers that he is going to move aggressively to tackle the high cost of prescription drugs. I write about Trump’s latest comments today for Forbes, and conclude:
In health care policy, of course, the devils are in the details. Trump says his plan will cover everyone, but we will have to wait to see whether that is likely to be the case. What’s notable is that by embracing traditional Democratic priorities, Trump is creating space for a bipartisan solution to the problem of the uninsured, something that neither side to date has been able to achieve. We will learn soon how robust his solution is.
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