Trump Praises Australia's Universal Health Care, Says It's Better Than U.S. System

[niyad]

Trump Praises Australia’s Universal Health Care, Says It’s Better Than U.S. System
By Margaret Hartmann



If only there were some way to make sure all Americans were covered. Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images


Trump has praised universal health care on many occasions, even dating back to his 2000 book The America We Deserve, but when questioned about this during the campaign, he said he doesn’t think single-payer health care would work in the United States. Trump stirred more confusion in January when he said he was working on a plan that provided “insurance for everybody.”

The issue of where Trump really stands on health care appeared to be resolved on Thursday when he gathered House Republicans to celebrate the passage of a bill that will cost 24 million Americans their coverage by 2026, or maybe even more.

But it wasn’t settled at all. Hours later, during his delayed meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday night, President Trump declared that Australian has better a health-care system than the United States.

“It’s a very good bill right now. The premiums are going to come down, very substantially. The deductibles are going to come down. It’s going to be fantastic health care. Right now Obamacare is failing. We have a failing health care,” Trump said. “I shouldn’t say this to our great gentleman and my friend from Australia, because you have better health care than we do.”

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/trump-australias-universal-health-care-beats-u-s-system.html

[PsychoBabble]

1. Can we just be done with this and have Donald

.... tattoo "I AM AN IDIOT." on his forehead?

Then after everything he says, either HE< or WE< can just point at his face, and all have a laugh together.

[niyad]

2. well, the tattoo, and then he just shuts up.

[jimjc]

3. Sure their health care is better than ours.... everyone's is!

Yes everyone's else in this world has universal healthcare ( advanced nations )......Plus our healthcare is 2-2 1/2 times more expensive than theirs and they have better care.....Why isn't anyone talking about the corporate run hospitals and the insurance companies lowering their prices..huh

These shit heads can use the argument that the corporate tax is higher here ( it isn't) than it is in europe yet we can't use the same argument that our healthcare is 2 - 2 1/2 times more expensive than it is in Europe..WTF!

[niyad]

4. but. . . but. . . we are the BESTEST at EVERYTHING!!

[Baitball Blogger]

5. He doesn't have the depth to understand what he says, and...

no one in the White House is going to tell him.

[WePurrsevere]

6. Yup, Australia's is better so how about you copy their plan.

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We could have a much better chance to LIVE with AUs or Canada's universal healthcare much better than the POS legislation you and House GOP celebrated getting passed yesterday.

(A bit of info on AU healthcare if interested: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Australia)

[niyad]

7. thank you for that information