Trump Doesn't Understand What Healthcare Is
By Thom Hartmann A...
Donald Trump has the power to force anywhere from 22 to 32 million American men, women, and children to lose their health insurance.
There's just one problem: he doesn't seem to understand what health insurance actually is.
Donald Trump's new interview with the New York Times has plenty of bizarre moments - but it's the President's comments about health insurance that really sticks out.
During a discussion about the Senate Republican's so-called healthcare bill and its impact on people with pre-existing conditions, Trump said:
"So pre-existing conditions are a tough deal. Because you are basically saying from the moment the insurance, you’re 21 years old, you start working and you’re paying $12 a year for insurance, and by the time you’re 70, you get a nice plan."
And this wasn't an anomaly - in May, two months ago, he told a reporter for the international magazine The Economist:
"Insurance is, you’re 20 years old, you just graduated from college, and you start paying $15 a month for the rest of your life and by the time you’re 70, and you really need it, you’re still paying the same amount and that’s really insurance."
Is it just me, or does Trump not understand how health insurance works?
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#2
Is it me, or are both statements goobledygook? Honestly, I don't understand what he's struggling to say. That aside, he's offered no evidence that he knows what an insurance pool is. Nor has Senator Rafael "Ted" Cruz. Making them a perfect team to design our nation's health care system, right?
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UNHEALTHY “HEALTHCARE” - {a limerick}
By hook and crook in ways stealthy,
we’ll keep things great for the wealthy.
You others don’t matter
if the fat-cats get fatter
while “healthcare” gets yuugely unhealthy.
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#4
Once again Trump demonstrates that he has no clue of what he is talking about.
The man is a conceited goddamn fool and ignoramus, who is too dumb to be president!
#5
I've had friends who would speak that incoherently and illogically...when completely stoned!
I wonder what they're really serving in the White House.
#6
I read an article several months ago that said the 'powers that be' were shocked at Trump's behavior and so the people around him (the ones the Deep State and Goldman Sach's picked for him,) were editing and sensoring what information he is being given. How can anyone make sound decisions based on biased, partial, and contorted information? I think The Donald is being heavily "managed", something along the lines of "don't worry about running the government, just go shopping." They had a figurehead in George W., with Cheney in close supervision, and they are attempting that with DJT and his advosors. This can go one of two ways: (1) they continue managing him and he accepts that, or (2) by virtue of just being in office he wakes up to the fact that being a statesman is different from being the head of a corporation, and starts making decisions on his own that won't be popular with his handlers but will make the masses happy. We'll see. In any event, he has been like a wrecking ball through the front door of the WH, and the sleeping American culture. People are beginning to get the idea that democracy is not a spectator sport and that it requires constant vigilance to hang onto it, but I still know too many people who insist on keeping their heads in the sand expecting things to be okay (more of that 'Free Market will right itself on its own' rubbish.) Who know what The Donald will do? He's very unpredictable. He may turn around and decide to give us Single Payer on a whim or just to show someone he's the boss and can do whatever he likes. Or he may save it, and use it to get re-elected in another three plus years. It's a coin-toss at this stage.
#7
36% of population supports his Presidence and its more likely that you or I turn around and support his agenda that one of those racist retardeds look back on themselves.
#8
It's more like, he doesn't care what healthcare is. All he knows is, if Obama was for it, he's against it. His whole presidency, besides pandering to the Russians and self enrichment, is about getting back at Obama for humiliating him at the Press Club Dinner several years back. He really doesn't get any deeper than that.
#9
Donald J Trump knows what he is doing. People like him hated the New Deal, hate the "White Man's Burden" and believe it is their right and destiny to dictate terms to the majority, especially who lives and who dies. Why do you think the government purposely publishes a "food pyramid" that causes diabetes, heart disease and cancer? Why do you think the government prosecutes doctors who don't follow "approved" drug prescription protocols for these diseases? Why do you think the fascists want to change the climate? Why do you think the government puts fluoride in the drinking water?
I'll tell you, Thom. The reason is simple. It's to keep us sickley, dosile and stupid while the top of the food pyramid makes its riches while depopulating the Earth.
I have not had health care since the 1980's and I believe everyone is better off not going to the doctor and avoiding hospitals like the plague! I also believe that government should be for the people, not for the top of the food pyramid!
#10
It sounds like he's confusing health insurance with life insurance.
#11
Bobcat attacks dog and man in Arizona; bobcat tests positive for rabies. Who needs healthcare anyways.
Medicare for all including dental, vision (Pet's included).
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#14
You write so well
Of those who do ill
And what will they do?
Send you the bill.
#15
I'm 79 years old....never have I paid "$12" or "$15" for health insurance, and as I grew older, I needed it to cover more than just me....Not only doesn't Trump know about health insurance, or any insurance, no one has ever paid that little their entire life....if he wasn't so frighteningly pathetic, he could 'almost' be humorous.
I KNOW he knows nothing about health in general...just LOOK at him...he's puffy and bloated....just disgusting!
He's still the 12/13 yr old who was sent away to military school because dad and mom couldn't handle him....and neither can anyone else!
#16
I wish I could laugh at the god damn fool, but I still simmer with anger over what was an illegitimate election. None of this should be happening. Obama and our intelligence agencies could have ended this nightmare long before the electoral college vote took place.
Shame on the CIA for putting political partisanship and budget greed before the general welfare of this country. Not to mention Comey and his shenanigans last Sept.
BTW: I see the cost of doing business with Russia has cost Exxon a whopping two million. Wow that must have hurt...LMAO
What sanctions?
#17
What's the average age of death for U.S. males....mid 70's? I don't think Trump, the Kochs, or any of these out of control pecker heads think about that....they're all ffnn delusional.
#18
All that means is one of two things. He is either messing with people's minds, or he has a mental condition. He is either out of touch with reality, or he is laughing at people's ignorance.
Since he has laughed at people's ignorance for a long time, I bet he is just messing with people minds. Perhaps he is trying to find out how long it takes people to figure out that they are fools, if they ever do, Puerto Rico had a governor like that. He would act in ways that showed how much he despised people and, yet, some people called him the Messiah.
He will probably quit doing it when serious politicians stop using the garbage to keep people confused. The moment people start ignoring Trump's stupid comments and start discussing things that are really important and that could improve our lives in the US, take us out of the hole we dug for ourselves, he will quit making dumb comments.
#19
12 times 70 is $840 dollars. What dreamer thinks he can get a policy with that?? $840 might get you checked into to a room at a hospital. NOTHING is cheap at a hospital!! I guess the qualification to be a politician is, first be an idiot. And 2nd, to think you know everything! And 3rd, to be heartless.
#20
Osterstock: It is not just you. Would anybody care to paraphrase what he tried to say? (I don't mean what he was thinking (i.e., "Screw everybody that makes less money that me", etc.) but what he was actually, and unsuccessfully trying to say.
#21
Here's how the Republicans can easily fix the current healthcare debacle. Take the ACA (Obamacare), add or subtract a dollar or a comma here and there, then change the name to: The Very Very Good, Very Very Great, You're Gonna Love It, It's Gonna Be Wonderful, This I Can Tell You, Fantastic, Very Great Healthcare Act!!!!
Problem solved!!!
#22
Of course, the 64 billion dollar question is how the Republican base squares the fact their Senators and Congressmen have exempted themselves from their own healthcare plan. Apparently, they have no compunctions regarding throwing their constituents to the wolves while they feast in the Koch Brothers, ivory towers.
As the old Fox News saying goes: "Fool you once….shame on us, fool you every time…welcome to the Republican Party."
#23
Maybe he can convince his base that Mexico will pay for healthcare.
#24
Legend, Actually I think Trump's new healthcare proposal will be for the infirm to touch the TV while he prays away their sickness and injuries. That's probably why he went to visit Pat Robertson, to get some pointers.
#25
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Rule # 1: Trump Doesn't Understand (.)
Rule #2: When In doubt, see rule #1.
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He may of never had insurance. When you are that wealthy what is a doctor bill. I would seriously consider not buying insurance. Put the money that you would in an HSA. Fly to Panama or country of choice for affordable medical and dental care. Especially if you are young.
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