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Traildogbob

(12,952 posts)
2. The subsidies
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:53 PM
Nov 2025

Only Pay for premiums. What about high deductibles and balance AFTER premiums? He said he wanted to not give money to Greedy insurance. So where will the 100’s of thousands of dollars come from for surgeries and other costly procedures? Cash? What a “Moran”.

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This is all bullshit. Democrats would not like what he is proposing to do. OLDMDDEM Nov 2025 #1
Talking AT Dems , not "to"... and definitely not "with". mpcamb Nov 2025 #17
The subsidies Traildogbob Nov 2025 #2
Like everything else with this fool, he has no idea how insurance actually works,... the nelm Nov 2025 #21
That's just health interests moving piles of cash from one pocket to another. What's to cut prices??? marble falls Nov 2025 #3
Yeah, Donny, tell us another fairy tale. DinahMoeHum Nov 2025 #4
WTF? The ACA is working, just fund the damn thing. Does he know the coverage comes from private companies? Vinca Nov 2025 #5
The Hill of course gab13by13 Nov 2025 #6
Cantaloupe Caligula The Corpulent Said... GB_RN Nov 2025 #7
Yeah, right...what? TWO WEEKS like his infrastucture plan? AZ8theist Nov 2025 #8
Something else... GiqueCee Nov 2025 #9
Every single thing popsdenver Nov 2025 #10
What is the practical intent here? To allow people to buy higher deductible and presumably cheaper plans? LonePirate Nov 2025 #11
OK - what about the pre-existing condition clause and the lifetime caps. Two very very important gains in the ACA Marie Marie Nov 2025 #12
How can anybody be this stupid? Wiz Imp Nov 2025 #13
This is his "selling" of insurance privatization nationwide as a new front for attacking Medicare, ancianita Nov 2025 #14
If he eventually gets around to thinking single payer is his idea intrepidity Nov 2025 #15
Let's not forget the rest of ACA Bluetus Nov 2025 #16
And are these "Democrats" in the room with him now? VMA131Marine Nov 2025 #18
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE NOW Karma13612 Nov 2025 #19
the part I don't get is the failure to realize dingosatemyusername Nov 2025 #39
Exactly. Karma13612 Nov 2025 #41
Why can't we have what other countries have? twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #20
Oh...like the $2k checks to Americans from the tariffs..or that he bailed out the farmers...bull crap PortTack Nov 2025 #22
Let's not forget the Doge checks Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 #33
A "direct health care payment plan" dflprincess Nov 2025 #23
Universal Healthcare bmichaelh Nov 2025 #24
Wow, what if this could be done with afterlife? Just go to a store and buy however much afterlife we need, directly! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 2025 #25
That does nothing to control premiums. RandySF Nov 2025 #26
He talks like an 8-year-old: "It's up a gazillion million quadruple percent!" C Moon Nov 2025 #27
This fucking ignorant fuck Blues Heron Nov 2025 #28
..talked to them "about paying large amounts of dollars back to the people." Septua Nov 2025 #29
What A Simpleton DallasNE Nov 2025 #30
"The insurance companies are making a fortune," he said. Septua Nov 2025 #31
He's probably lying Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 #32
Why not do the sensible thing? Aussie105 Nov 2025 #34
So the genius idea is Diraven Nov 2025 #35
How come we're hearing nothing about these talks from the Democrats? Hugin Nov 2025 #36
Don't know if anyone said this yet Snoopy 7 Nov 2025 #37
As long as health insurance remains a for-profit system mdbl Nov 2025 #38
Dems should refuse to meet him. Tell him to write his plan up and send it to us for review. nt Hotler Nov 2025 #40
Anytime trump says he is doing something Smilo Nov 2025 #42
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