Trump's healthcare plan, revealed
Let it not be said that Trump doesn't have a healthcare plan. It's this:
Defund the ACA marketplace and Medicaid expansion
Strangle Medicaid long-term via block grants or per capita caps
Privatize Medicare
Oh right, that's the healthcare plan of the entire Republican Party.
I have a post up on the BlueWaveNJ that lays this program out:
As in 2018, Republicans solemnly swear that they'll preserve "protections for people with pre-existing conditions." They won't (their failed 2017 ACA repeal bills didn't), but this fight is not primarily about the regulation of health insurance. It's about money. In 2019, the ACA generated $66 billion in federal funding of the Medicaid expansion, and another $62 billion in ACA marketplace subsidies and other support. Most of the people who receive benefit from either program -- Medicaid expansion or the subsidized ACA marketplace -- would become uninsured if they lost that support.
The pre-existing condition that matters most is low income, coupled with the uniquely high cost of U.S. healthcare. Republicans strive relentlessly to defund programs that insure Americans who lack access to employer-sponsored insurance.
Hope you'll give it a read.
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