Well that won’t happen. Group insurance is used as the number one recruitment perk. And it is the number one contributor to insurance companies profits. And I just don’t see Republicans attempt to regulate that part of business.
Excellent post and observation. And this is why so many Republicans are beside themselves today over this. They recognize the huge political advantage they just ceded to the Democrats on this key issue. Trump is beyond a moron.
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Kellyanne Conway came out yesterday and said funding for coverage of people with pre-existing conditions would be in Trump’s next budget. Interesting, that he proposes funding something for which there will be no authorized delivery mechanism (assuming the Supreme Court accepts A.G. Barr’s recommendation that they rule the entirety of ACA unconstitutional.
This is one more step towards Trump’s team insisting the the President is the sole decision maker in the federal government while the Congressional Republicans all sit silently in fear that if they defend the Constitution they will be primaried.
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That’s right - we need more government interference in private business. That’s what conservatism is all about, right?
Norway pays less on healthcare than we do. It doesn’t matter how they fund it. They pay less per capita than we do. Co-payments are like $15 and $30. The tax argument is moot. Anyone who tries to make an argument about taxes as if it means other developed nations pay more than us can’t comprehend basic math.
Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland all have similar or better wait times than the US. They all pay less per capita than the US.
I agree. Of course we saw the dems try to force people to pay insurance companies or get fined. Much better for corporate profits if your customers get fined by the IRS for not paying you. Isn’t it?
And I’m pretty sure they give to the dems way more than the reps …
I don’t believe you… and sorry, high taxes do count as part of your payments.
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What are you talking about?
This kind of stuff will enhance his re-election chances and the Dems go even further left trying to counter him.
In a race to the bottom…the far right wins hands down.
Yes taxes count as part of the calculation of health care costs per capita…which is lower in all the countries mentioned even taking that into account.
I agree that his base won’t care. But it forces Dems to move away a bit from far left health care policies and return to the Obamacare argument. Trump could have left this alone. Recognized that a split congress isn’t going to pass anything remotely close to what Republicans want and let Dems talk a bunch of nonsense. The only positive I see here is some “Hey look. Dems won’t let us pass some (nonexistent) health care law to help you. Dems are evil!” talking point. But in reality, Trump just put the Republican congress on blast for passing some kind of health care law. And that ■■■■ ain’t happening in the next two years.
In other words, you want government to control who can buy and sell health insurance. #Not Socialism
We really should just outlaw health insurance. I bet you would even get doctors making house calls again! They would need the money.
I know you don’t believe me. You’re a trump supporter and don’t base your beliefs on empirical facts.
Every single nation pays less per capita on health care expenditures than we do. Every. Single. One. However they choose to divvy those expenditures up between taxes, out of pocket payments, etc, doesn’t matter. In the end, they are still paying less than us.
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To make the argument that the Democrats are blocking meaningful Republican Health Care reform, there would have be a Republican plan. Have you seen one in the nine years of whining about the ACA?
The last Republican Plan was the idea that you could avoid single payer by a mixture of exchanges that would sell private insurance with subsidies plus expansion of Medicare. That was coopted by President Obama to become the basis of the ACA and the Republicans haven’t had a clue about what to do about healthcare since.
They talk about selling across State Lines to increase insurers size – but none of the insurance companies want the overhead such expansion entails (let alone the competition) and they talk about allowing the sale of plans with minimal coverage (so called junk plans) but the public does not want that.
The Republicans got nothing on this one. A more political savvy President than Donald Trump would have taken another couple of laps on the Barr Letter and left this alone.
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Every business I have been involved in running worked ceaselessly to find the lowest price for the insurance it offered. Can you provide a single example of an organization that does not do this.
A better cost saving solution would be for the government to outlaw disease. Costs would come way down.
Trump: Republicans will be the party of healthcare
Republicans:
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Just outlaw healthcare! Then no one will complain about the cost!!
Individuals have no negotiating power. Employers and groups have negotiating power. Insurance companies can charge more for individual policies.
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This is a gift to Democrats. Republicans have been fighting against the ACA for over 10 years. In that time they’ve not put out a single competing law. Paul Ryan did nothing. Mitch McConnell has done nothing. Donald Trump has done nothing. Making health care a main pillar in the 2020 election can only help dems.
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