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Trump releases health care plan amid pressure over affordability [View all]
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday released a hodgepodge of health care policies that would create new price-control power over pharmaceutical companies, but that otherwise wouldn’t fundamentally overhaul America’s existing system, as he faces mounting pressure to address the cost of insurance and care.
The proposal, which Trump dubbed “The Great Healthcare Plan,” would not reshape the structure of Medicare, Medicaid, or the health insurance plans people get through their jobs. Hospitals and doctors would not cede pricing power.
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The president’s pitch, on its face, is simple: requiring more transparency and lower prices from health care companies and putting money that previously helped pay for people’s insurance into individual health savings accounts.
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Rep. Richard Neal, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, called it “more of the same bluster, with zero substance.”
The proposal, which Trump dubbed “The Great Healthcare Plan,” would not reshape the structure of Medicare, Medicaid, or the health insurance plans people get through their jobs. Hospitals and doctors would not cede pricing power.
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The president’s pitch, on its face, is simple: requiring more transparency and lower prices from health care companies and putting money that previously helped pay for people’s insurance into individual health savings accounts.
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Rep. Richard Neal, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, called it “more of the same bluster, with zero substance.”
https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/trump-great-healthcare-plan-potential-stumbling-blocks/
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