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23. A "direct health care payment plan"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:54 PM

Nov 17

would not include insurance companies. Payments would be made to providers like a single payer plan would do.

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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