Trump has said he wanted a healthcare bill that was not "mean" and with "heart". Trump campaigned on the promise of a ***superlative word here *** healthcare reform. Maybe, that meant 'wonderfully' reducing the taxes added to the top brackets and the subsidies the federal government would pay in;
- Medicaid grants to the states,
- free Medicaid to persons and their dependents living below the poverty line,
- subsidies to lower income persons.
Maybe that's what Trump means -- less taxes and less healthcare access.
Is this the sort of healthcare bill he will sign or
will he veto this abortion of a healthcare bill, in its final form, being produced now in the 115th Congress with Republican majority support?
- Maybe, the best thing to do would be to exempt and allow an opt-out of mandatory full coverage heathcare for persons under 35. They could buy limited coverage at a reduced price on the condition they receive no free medical care paid for by the government -- in other words: be left to die in the streets.
- People 36 -64 should be able to elect to buy no coverage on the condition they receive no free medical care paid for by the government -- in other words: be left to die in the streets.
- People 36 -64 should be able to high deductible ($10K to $100K) insurance policies as excess coverage if they want.
- All ages of taxpayers should be able to use HSA tax deferred accounts with the maximum amount allowed deferred increased to $10K a year.
- If they can pay cash --well-- fine. If not, you can take your chances and live in fear.
- Medicaid for long term nursing home care for asset qualified persons has to be an explicit guaranteed benefit and human right. Their care has to be medically ethical and *kind* We cannot just leave our most helpless to die in the woods or worse.
So, here are my suggestions for the *Trump Stooges* They will have to put working out the tax and monetary stability and sustainability issues as a second priority. Priorities are; if you are sick and cannot work you will not earn new money -- just use up what money you have -- that's the only static reality at this issue's core -- and that is the same for 90%+ of the citizenry.
As it stands today, odds are very good that the Senate version of the House passed 'American Health Care Act' will not pass. So this whole conversation may be moot by the end of the month -- we will have to wait and see.
Good luck to the winners ... tick-tock, tick-tock