Trump said yesterday that single-payer healthcare, which he says the Democrats want, would bankrupt the country and is not doable.
From CNS News:
The way I looked at it, we have no Democrat help. They’re obstructionists. That’s all they’re good at is obstruction. They have no ideas. They’ve gone so far left, they’re looking for single-payer, that’s what they want.
But single-payer will bankrupt our country, because it’s more than we take in for just health care. So single-payer is never going to work, but that’s what they’d like to do. They have no idea what the consequence will be, and it will be horrible, horrible health care, where you’ll wait on line for weeks to even see a doctor.
Trump went on to push Senators to repeal and replace Obamacare before they leave town:
“But I’m ready to act,” the president told senators. “For seven years, you promised that you would repeal Obamacare. People are hurting. Inaction is not an option. And frankly, I don’t think we should leave town unless we have a health insurance plan, unless we can give our people great healthcare. Because we’re close; we’re very close.”
I’d feel much better about this if Trump were actually pushing a good bill. But he’s back to pushing the McConnell bill over a simple repeal bill. Clearly he’ll take anything they give him and claim victory.
As far as his single payer comments, I know some of you think that’s what he’s for because of his comments on the campaign trail. He is clearly a big government Republican, but he’s on the record here stating he doesn’t want it. So there you go.