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Trump's Remarks on the America First Healthcare Plan; September 24, 2020
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Remarks by President Trump on the America First Healthcare Plan
HEALTHCARE
Issued on: September 24, 2020
Duke Energy Hangar
Charlotte, North Carolina
4:56 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. So many doctors. So many fantastic doctors, nurses. That’s great. Please, sit down.
I’m thrilled to be here in North Carolina with so many of these unbelievable professionals, doctors, nurses, and amazing healthcare workers. It’s really an honor of mine.
{snip}
My plan expands affordable insurance options, reduces the cost of prescription drugs, will end surprise medical billing, increases fairness through price transparency, streamlines bureaucracy, accelerates innovation, strongly protects Medicare, and always protects patients with preexisting conditions. (Applause.) Thank you.
By contrast, the Democrat Party is pushing a socialist nightmare. Their plans will result in rationing care, denying choice, putting Americans on waitlists, driving the best doctors out of medicine permanently, and delaying lifesaving cures.
Over 130 Democrats in Congress, including Senator Harris, have endorsed legislation to outlaw the private health plans of 180 million Americans.
On top of it all, former Vice President Joe Biden promised to give free federal healthcare to anyone in the world who illegally crosses our border. His plan to provide government healthcare to illegal immigrants would bankrupt our healthcare system, collapse our hospitals, and destroy Medicare, while bringing millions and millions of people — lured — into our country. As long as I am President, we will safeguard our borders and our seniors.
We are pleased to be joined today by Secretary of Health and Human Services — done a great job — Alex Azar. Alex. Hi, Alex. (Applause.) Thank you. And very importantly, CMS Administrator Seema Verma. Thank you, Seema. (Applause.)
{snip}
A great friend of mine and a great friend of healthcare, frankly, Senator Bill Cassidy. Bill. Hi, Bill. (Applause.)
Representatives Michael Burgess and Greg Murphy — so instrumental. Thank you. Thank you, fellas. (Applause.)
And many, many state and local officials are here with us. Thank you very much.
Since the plague arrived from China, we have seen our doctors, nurses, first responders, scientists, and researchers at their very best. We slashed red tape to accelerate the development of lifesaving treatments, reducing the fatality rate by 85 percent since April. Incredible.
{snip}
The America First Healthcare Plan includes another historic provision to benefit our great seniors. Under my plan, 33 million Medicare beneficiaries will soon receive a card in the mail containing $200 that they can use to help pay for prescription drugs. Nobody has seen this before. These cards are incredible. The cards will be mailed out in coming weeks.
I will always take care of our wonderful senior citizens. Joe Biden won’t be doing this. (Applause.) And this is also partially because of the tremendous money that we’re going to be saving with the favored nations and various other things that we’ve done.
{snip}
Insulin prices soared under the last administration like you wouldn’t believe. Right, Seema? Under my plan, hundreds of thousands of Medicare patients will see their insulin costs capped at just $35 a month. That’s a 66 percent cost reduction. (Applause.) And this feature will be avail- — available on over 1,600 Medicare plans that seniors can begin signing up for starting October 1st. And under certain circumstances, Seema, it’s literally almost free. This insulin, which they were just ripping you on, is close to being free — even lower than the $35 a month. So, you did a fantastic job on that. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
And Seema would come to my office, “Sir, I have something so exciting.” She worked on that for a long time in getting that done. But it was — it is exciting. If you need insulin — a lot of people were going without it. They just couldn’t afford it. Now they can definitely afford it.
{snip}
Any healthcare reform legislation that comes to my desk from Congress must protect the preexisting conditions or I won’t sign it. And I made that pledge and I made that pledge last week, but now I’m making it in writing. We’re putting it down, and we have it signed and we have it sealed. (Applause.)
The new Democrat lie is that they will cover preexisting conditions, but in truth, the socialist takeover, economic shutdowns that they talk about — if you look at this state, frankly, where you have Democrat governors, Democrat leaders. Those states — those states are in very, very bad shape with all of their shutdowns.
Pennsylvania — you take a look at what’s going on in Pennsylvania with the shutdown. We just won a big court case, where a judge — a great federal judge — ruled it unconstitutional what they were doing. They’re hurting people. There’s damage on the side of a shutdown. People don’t realize, with suicides, and drug use, and all of the — alcohol. It’s a terrible thing that happens. And Michigan is another state — the shutdown is very severe.
By the way, on November 4th, I’m sure everything will be open. They’ll announce on the evening of November 3rd that we’re opening up. (Applause.) Unless these unsolicited ballots don’t come in for weeks and weeks and weeks, you know? They want them to come in over a long period of time. It’s going to be a very interesting day: November 3rd. It’s going to be a very interesting day.
{snip}
Under our leadership, American medicine will make the biggest breakthroughs, the largest leaps, the most exciting strides, and the most outstanding discoveries.
{snip}
On behalf of all Americans, I will now sign the executive order. I want to thank you all for being here. God bless you. God bless North Carolina. And God bless America. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
(The executive order is signed.) (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. (Applause.)
END 5:40 P.M. EDT
Remarks by President Trump on the America First Healthcare Plan
HEALTHCARE
Issued on: September 24, 2020
Duke Energy Hangar
Charlotte, North Carolina
4:56 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. So many doctors. So many fantastic doctors, nurses. That’s great. Please, sit down.
I’m thrilled to be here in North Carolina with so many of these unbelievable professionals, doctors, nurses, and amazing healthcare workers. It’s really an honor of mine.
{snip}
My plan expands affordable insurance options, reduces the cost of prescription drugs, will end surprise medical billing, increases fairness through price transparency, streamlines bureaucracy, accelerates innovation, strongly protects Medicare, and always protects patients with preexisting conditions. (Applause.) Thank you.
By contrast, the Democrat Party is pushing a socialist nightmare. Their plans will result in rationing care, denying choice, putting Americans on waitlists, driving the best doctors out of medicine permanently, and delaying lifesaving cures.
Over 130 Democrats in Congress, including Senator Harris, have endorsed legislation to outlaw the private health plans of 180 million Americans.
On top of it all, former Vice President Joe Biden promised to give free federal healthcare to anyone in the world who illegally crosses our border. His plan to provide government healthcare to illegal immigrants would bankrupt our healthcare system, collapse our hospitals, and destroy Medicare, while bringing millions and millions of people — lured — into our country. As long as I am President, we will safeguard our borders and our seniors.
We are pleased to be joined today by Secretary of Health and Human Services — done a great job — Alex Azar. Alex. Hi, Alex. (Applause.) Thank you. And very importantly, CMS Administrator Seema Verma. Thank you, Seema. (Applause.)
{snip}
A great friend of mine and a great friend of healthcare, frankly, Senator Bill Cassidy. Bill. Hi, Bill. (Applause.)
Representatives Michael Burgess and Greg Murphy — so instrumental. Thank you. Thank you, fellas. (Applause.)
And many, many state and local officials are here with us. Thank you very much.
Since the plague arrived from China, we have seen our doctors, nurses, first responders, scientists, and researchers at their very best. We slashed red tape to accelerate the development of lifesaving treatments, reducing the fatality rate by 85 percent since April. Incredible.
{snip}
The America First Healthcare Plan includes another historic provision to benefit our great seniors. Under my plan, 33 million Medicare beneficiaries will soon receive a card in the mail containing $200 that they can use to help pay for prescription drugs. Nobody has seen this before. These cards are incredible. The cards will be mailed out in coming weeks.
I will always take care of our wonderful senior citizens. Joe Biden won’t be doing this. (Applause.) And this is also partially because of the tremendous money that we’re going to be saving with the favored nations and various other things that we’ve done.
{snip}
Insulin prices soared under the last administration like you wouldn’t believe. Right, Seema? Under my plan, hundreds of thousands of Medicare patients will see their insulin costs capped at just $35 a month. That’s a 66 percent cost reduction. (Applause.) And this feature will be avail- — available on over 1,600 Medicare plans that seniors can begin signing up for starting October 1st. And under certain circumstances, Seema, it’s literally almost free. This insulin, which they were just ripping you on, is close to being free — even lower than the $35 a month. So, you did a fantastic job on that. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
And Seema would come to my office, “Sir, I have something so exciting.” She worked on that for a long time in getting that done. But it was — it is exciting. If you need insulin — a lot of people were going without it. They just couldn’t afford it. Now they can definitely afford it.
{snip}
Any healthcare reform legislation that comes to my desk from Congress must protect the preexisting conditions or I won’t sign it. And I made that pledge and I made that pledge last week, but now I’m making it in writing. We’re putting it down, and we have it signed and we have it sealed. (Applause.)
The new Democrat lie is that they will cover preexisting conditions, but in truth, the socialist takeover, economic shutdowns that they talk about — if you look at this state, frankly, where you have Democrat governors, Democrat leaders. Those states — those states are in very, very bad shape with all of their shutdowns.
Pennsylvania — you take a look at what’s going on in Pennsylvania with the shutdown. We just won a big court case, where a judge — a great federal judge — ruled it unconstitutional what they were doing. They’re hurting people. There’s damage on the side of a shutdown. People don’t realize, with suicides, and drug use, and all of the — alcohol. It’s a terrible thing that happens. And Michigan is another state — the shutdown is very severe.
By the way, on November 4th, I’m sure everything will be open. They’ll announce on the evening of November 3rd that we’re opening up. (Applause.) Unless these unsolicited ballots don’t come in for weeks and weeks and weeks, you know? They want them to come in over a long period of time. It’s going to be a very interesting day: November 3rd. It’s going to be a very interesting day.
{snip}
Under our leadership, American medicine will make the biggest breakthroughs, the largest leaps, the most exciting strides, and the most outstanding discoveries.
{snip}
On behalf of all Americans, I will now sign the executive order. I want to thank you all for being here. God bless you. God bless North Carolina. And God bless America. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
(The executive order is signed.) (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. (Applause.)
END 5:40 P.M. EDT
