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Stepping into the land of the Trump resistance, Seema Verma flatly rejected California’s pursuit of single-payer healthcare as unworkable and dismissed the Affordable Care Act as too flawed to ever succeed.
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“I think a lot of the analysis has shown it’s unaffordable,” Verma said during a question-and-answer session following her speech. “It doesn’t make sense for us to waste time on something that’s not going to work.”
During the speech, Verma issued a broader warning to advocates pushing for a Medicare-for-all program nationally. She said that “socialized” approach to medicine would endanger the program and the healthcare it provides for millions of older Americans.
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In her remarks, Verma reiterated the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce prescription drug prices, improve patients’ access to their own medical records and eliminate burdensome regulations on doctors and other medical providers.
Verma received a polite round of applause at the beginning and end of her appearance.
Good stuff. Thank you Ms. Verma.
I also do appreciate what seemed to be a reasonable give and take on the issue.
Except now you have about 22 million Americans depended on the ACA through either subsidies and/or the expansion of Medicaid in some states.
What pray tell will happen to those people?
So far Trump hasn't been able to replace Obamacare with something "cheaper" and more "affordable" like he promised.
Except now you have about 22 million Americans depended on the ACA through either subsidies and/or the expansion of Medicaid in some states.
What pray tell will happen to those people?
So far Trump hasn't been able to replace Obamacare with something "cheaper" and more "affordable" like he promised.
It will also be "unaffordable" for those with preexisting conditions.
This issue was going to be a priority according to Trump in the very beginning of his presidency. Then it wasn't. I haven't heard a word from him about the "better, cheaper healthcare for everybody".
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What the gov. gives it can take away.
Lesson learned.
Keep gov. out of our affairs as much as possible.
So, the far better than the ACA plan Trump told us time after time after time would be put in place soon after he took office was just more of his blathering BS, eh?
So far Trump hasn't been able to replace Obamacare with something "cheaper" and more "affordable" like he promised.
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Campaign Promise:
“Replace Obamacare with something wonderful that will take care of everybody and the government is going to pay for it”
Now that I think about it, when is the last time Trump even talked about healthcare? I remember Trump's promise to "repeal Obamacare first week, may be first day," that was a lie. Trump tried a few times and gave up. But that was over a year ago.
Has Trump said anything about it since? His repeal of Obamacare was arguably his biggest campaign promise.
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