Trump – ‘Insurance for Everybody’
As Congress Begins Work to Repeal Obamacare Trump Promises ‘Insurance for Everybody’
In an interview Saturday night with The Washington Post Trump said that he has a plan aimed at “insurance for everyone,” but offered no new details and did not address the concerns millions have Americans have who could lose their insurance if Congress successfully passes a repeal of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement.
The concerns of millions of Americans were aired during seventy rallies held across the country on Sunday. People showed up to hear speakers organize opposition to repealing the healthcare law that has made health insurance more accessible and more affordable than it has been before 2010.
The U.S. House and Senate separately passed bills last week to set up a structure for potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
“We’re going to have insurance for everybody. There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us,” Trump said, adding that people “can expect to have great health care. It will be in a much simplified form. Much less expensive and much better.”
Throughout his campaign Trump promised that he “would not let people die in the streets” and that there would be a healthcare plan to make sure people can get care, but he has yet to offer any details of such a plan.
Republicans in Congress have mentioned potential parts of a replacement for the ACA, however few have put forth a plan beyond what and how they would like to repeal from existing law aside from Sen. Rand Paul.
Paul shared a concept Sunday morning on CNN’s State of the Union that eliminates the ACA’s mandates and policy minimums, while introducing new tax credits and health savings accounts, and offers promises of cheaper premiums.
“There are differences of opinion about the Affordable Care Act – some like it, some don’t like it,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said at a rally Sunday, speaking to people concerned they’ll lose the insurance they have. “But very few American believe that we should repeal the ACA without a replacement program to make it better. Know we are saying to our Republican colleagues: We will not allow you to throw up to 30 million American off of health insurance.”