President Trump unveiled his “America First Healthcare Plan” this week that pledges to undo the damage done to the healthcare system by Obamacare by providing more choice, lower costs, and better care. It promises to protect people with pre-existing conditions, promote price transparency and end surprise medical billing. What do you think about this plan?
Obamacare provides coverage options for people who are under 65. Not necessarily affordable options but options nonetheless.
It is not clear to me if President Trump’s “America First Healthcare Plan” is intended to be the replacement plan for Obamacare that the Republicans have been talking about for the past 10 years or simply a mix of executive orders and healthcare policy goals.
Can someone who is more versed in healthcare policy than me add some clarity to what healthcare plans will be offered to current Obamacare enrollees if Obamacare is eliminated ?
WHAT HEALTH CARE DO I WANT ?
The same health care that Obama and Biden have.
If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me.
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When I first received insurance for anything medical, it was a perk provided by my employer, and was not considered a “right”. Coverage was not called healthcare, but was called hospitalization insurance. All it covered was the expense involved from a stint in the hospital. I was personally responsible for the cost of all doctor’s office visits, medicines, and outpatient treatments, and there was nothing called a flat copay. I remember it cost around $10 to go see a doctor. Even adjusted for inflation, that was pretty cheap. Coverage was affordable to employers because it was limited in scope to covering unforeseen medical calamity; just what “insurance” is designed for, not for managing routine medical expenses. Competition and limited access to medical compensation kept healthcare affordable.
Then government started meddling, demanding, and subsidizing, and costs went up accordingly. Medical providers began charging more because they knew they could and would get more.
Whether it’s called Obamacare or Americancare, it’s still government interference in a personal responsibility, and the outcome is usually never good, especially for the patient.
I have not heard much about this plan. Obamacare is a disaster. I grew up at a time when there was no health insurance—and no need for it. Its a racket. But if we are going to have it, we need it to be well thought out. My concern is the effect it all has on doctors. Many people who would make wonderful physicians are becoming Nurse Practitioners because of the insurance and lawsuits. We are already having severe Doctor shortages. This is a travesty. The drug plans associated with Medicare are awful. Any improvement will be appreciated. Some diseases and conditions require medications to be strictly controlled for potency. For these, Doctors must prescribe name brands as the generics are far less regulated. Name brands are rarely covered. Either increase this coverage or increase the requirements for generics.
This is not a good poll. Much more information is needed concerning the proposed healthcare plan. Healthcare is a very complicated issue.
I work for a hospital. We don’t turn people down for no insurance. However it’s Rx cost that kill them. We can fix you but then we give them Rx but if they can’t afford them it’s useless and we get them back. My son in law is suffering now from Wilson’s decease. It’s going to kill him because his meds are $12,000 A MONTH!!! He has no insurance!!
Every time that changes are made the average person gets screwed.
Obamacare made those of us hard working Americans pay for things we didn’t need, would never need, and for those who won’t work and illegal aliens our coverage paid for their needs out of the working class. The whole thing is, as always, scamming the people of America. Face it folks, the Democrats HATE Americans, the Democrats want power and money and our constitution stands in their way, so they want to destroy it and then destroy our great country. VOTE FOR TRUMP and save our country
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I like that the President has made it clear where he sands and what he desires for the American people. My prayer is that there will be a new “working” congress, that ‘gets it done’!
I didn’t pick any of the choices provided. My choice would be to treat personal health care as being an individual responsibility. Health care is not a right. If it were, it wouldn’t require money to get it. Inherent rights, such as those inscribed in the Bill of Rights are supposed to be free without government charges or fees. Nowhere in the Constitution, does it say that free, or subsidized health care is a right of a citizen.
The health care industry is a commercial business. The Doctors and nurses don’t work for free, they earn their money just like other wage earners do. And by the way, health care coverage for someone who has a previous condition? Would an insurance company provide fire insurance to a person whose house is already in the process of burning to the ground?
This is the thing, I would expect my health insurance to be based upon my health history, and not to pay for the costs of others who require enormous medical bills because they had a terminal illness before they signed up for a health care policy. Each citizen is responsible for the costs of any commercial product, or service that they want. If one desires adequate health care, one needs to earn the money to pay for it. If you want the “free” health care that other socialized countries have, You can expect two things, i.e. higher taxes, and long wait times to get a doctor to diagnose the cause of your pains. That such diagnoses and eventual treatment might be too late and too little, should not bother you, because it will be “free”.
It sounds good. I want the ability to choose my doctors and care I receive . Obamacare would refuse care for seniors after a certain age . I don’t want socialized medicine. Medicare imposes limits as well. The choices given on this poll are not good. Reminds me of AARP.
We have needed some changes in our Healthcare for many years. However, the Obamacare just wasn’t the best of all situations. I back President Trump in almost all of his decisions. Thank God for him.
I would like to be able to click on more than one.
I love everything President Trump is doing for our country.
I would really like to see the Federal government totally out of health care. In my opinion this is not a responsibility of the Federal government.
I’m sorry to say this but anytime the government gets involved in anything it gets screwed up. Obamacare is a disaster because the folks who never had healthcare before go to the doctor with a sniffle driving our costs up and plugging the system with needless provided care.
Healthcare is for catastrophic life events.
I believe of you paid for healthcare all you life you’re entitled to Medicare…
If you paid into Social Security your entitled to that benefit…
If you didn’t pay in to the system…
Why are you entitled to benefits?
Isn’t it that simple?
Obama care was a joke it effects a
In a capitalist republic the government should have no part in healthcare. I realize that this partnership was forged with Medicare, but it was done so long ago that I have no hope of seeing that change in my life time.
This plan that the president is proposing seems to be a good start in restoring health insurance back to the market.
There are aspects of Obamacare that are wonderful, but which Trump has gutted administratively. In particular, being a trans woman, medicare technically covers my medical expenses, but the administration has directed the illegal withholding of National standards effectively making it unavailable. This has cost me $150,000 out of pocket. Trump may not like the law, but has a duty to implement it until it is administratively changed.
Not enough information or choices, so I’m not voting in this poll.
For six years, the republicans in Washington promised to repeal ObamaNOcare, but always had an excuse for not doing it. “Give us the House.” So we gave them the House. “Give us the Senate.” So we gave them the Senate. “Give us the Presidency.” So we elected President Trump, and all of a sudden, they had all sorts of excuses as to why they couldn’t do it, and changed the narrative. It was no longer repeal ObamaNOcare like they had promised but was now repeal and replace ObamaNOcare. Message to republicans in Washington: we didn’t send you to Washington to replace one government mismanaged system with another! Get Washington out of our lives and we can probably take care of ourselves, thank you very much! Washington very rarely fixes anything– it just makes things worse.
12 years ago I was paying $8 for my Proventil inhaler. Now I’m paying $90 to $110 a month. All of my other medications have increased. My out of pocket for medications is $700 a month. When will this madness end? Not all insulin is the same! Humulin R – U 500 is $1,500.00 a month without insurance. With insurance it cost $400 to $600 depending on which pharmacy is offering a sale. I could go on.
i also want the same healthcare the politicians have. They make a lot more money than the average American and work less hours with tons of benefits.
While I’m happy with my personal plan, I am certainly in favor of President Trump’s plan. No middle man making a profit off of an insurance plan that does not really help patients. Giving doctors an incentive to care for those on medicaid is one of the best ideas to date. Doctors have been paid less and less with the plans available over the last 30 years. I see this plan to be the beginning of improvement in Health Care.
Because of “obama don’t care” countless Americans lost their jobs! Here’s how it worked against U.S. (us).
I know at Disney Orlando about 350 high paying jobs with benefits were given to people from other countries not only because they work cheap but Disney does not have to pay for their health care because they are not U.S. citizens. Many large companies did this. (Obamadon’tcare)
Funny we seldom hear about such cases. I wonder if the Silent Majority is sometimes held in contempt by both sides of the isle?
The Federal government has no constitutional authority to be in health care business.
I’ve worked since I was 13, I’ve paid taxes, and Social Security since I was 16. That should be my retirement money, not given freely to someone who doesn’t want to work. My employers had a Hospitalization and medical Insurance plan that we paid a portion of. Even when I was unemployed and needed health care there where options were I could pay for Insurance. Also COBRA is over priced, but if I was desperate it was an option I could pay. I qualified at one point for a reduced premium Insurance, which I was more than willing to pay so I had coverage as I was looking for work. I found this more than acceptable.
I believe American Citizens should get healthcare BEFORE those who are not citizens.
I shouldn’t have to pay for coverage I don’t need and should be able to get coverage for things I do need like eye exams and eyeglasses. I don’t need pregnancy Insurance, but I do need my eyes checked. I should be able to chose what I need and want. I don’t feel its right I have to pay for someone’s free Insurance, especially if they have never worked, or are not working toward finding a job.
NO FREE HEALTH CARE FOR NON CITIZENS, NO EXCEPTIONS! They should have to pay the same fees we have to. Yes, they could get a program that would be a reduced fee Insurance, but not ever free for NON Citizens, and they would have to prove they are actively seeking work and citizenship.
Now as a SMALL business owner, not only did we lose our Bluecross Blue Shield Insurance plan we’d had for over 30 years, when we went on (MNSure) Obamacare, we had our health care premium more than double.
We only have one choice because of the restrictions on location, and we used to be able to get healthcare at the same cost as at home if we traveled. We are not old enough yet to get Medicare, so we don’t qualify for travel insurance through MNSure.
I think that the people should get the same health care that the Government workers get, there shouldn’t be better health care for them.
WE NEED competition between Health Insurance Company’s and we should be able to get insurance from any county or state and get coverage through out the states that is the same as what we get at home, like it used to be.
Obamacare has destroyed our health Insurance options and it needs to be reversed!
More socialism is never good. Privatize. Free enterprise always produces the best for the least.
It is a no brainer that just about anything would be better than Obamacare. Pre-existing seems to be the biggest hang-up. It is both a very real need and opportunity for abuse. Competition will be key. Could go on and on but I will just stop here.
If the plan is like what Ted Cruz proposed a few years ago, I am for it.
Trump has always said that he will protect pre-existing conditions, which is right. I am so happy he untangled the mandate through the IRS and I am for lower prescription costs for all.
I recall many years ago that high auto insurance cost in NJ was a hot topic. In the end, it is my belief that increased competition (especially the internet) fixed the problem. Now there are all kinds of auto insurance companies available to consumers that nobody heard of 25 years ago; the competition has kept prices in check (notable are the recent 15% COVID rebates). The same needs to happen with health insurance, similar to how Medicare providers compete. It would be great if people had the liberty to chose their own coverage instead the HR department… same goes for the state choosing who can provide insurance in their state. And, get rid of the state mandates — how does the state know what any of my needs are? Prescription drugs would benefit from the same. Prescriptions are electronic so why not change the current system and let them be sold on the internet?
The lack of competition has causes so much (but not all) of the current problem. We also need to keep in mind the medical advances that have occurred over the last 40 years (attributable to increased computing power). Nothing is for free and these advances add to medical costs.
I support the transparency and the competition. Whenever you have insurance companies drug companies Doctors hospitals that all get together and form a monopoly it’s bad when people actually have to compete to attract customers that is good. How many people that find out gas is $0.10 cheaper at a gas station in the next town will go there to buy gas? How many people if they know can get a much better quality pair of shoes in the next town for a few dollars more will go there to buy that pair of shoes?
Throughout this ongoing battle over health care,one moment from 15 to 20 years ago stands out. Representative Dick Gephardt from Missouri made a presentation and I paraphrase what he said. I wish that my Mother had as good health insurance as I have. The beat goes on.
Name one gov. program that runs efficiently, and is NOT ripe with fraud. Health care CAN NOT be run by the government. Coverage MUST be an individual’s choice,transparent, and purchased across state lines. Nothing brings down costs like competition. GET THE GOV. OUT OF OUR LIVES
Access to healthcare and choice of physicians and specialists is critical. Diminishing healthcare for seniors who have paid into the system for the last 50 years should not be an option. Pre-existing conditions coverage should be a must. US citizens, only, should be covered under Medicare or nay other taxpayer funded plan. Private insurance now being subsidized should not be tampered with since this is a way to reduce costs to the taxpayer. Getting rid of privately-funded healthcare makes no sense since corporations are willing to foot the bill as part of their benefit plan for employees.
I have always referred to our present plan as Obamadon’tcare. President Trump’s plan looks much better and I trust him to do it right.
Getting away from Obamacare is crucial but a plan is just that, a plan. There is not a doubt in my mind that Congress will not agree on anything for the D’s want single payer so destroy the system and then tell the public that Government has to take it over in order for coverage to exist is their end goal.
The republicans and democrats have the best insurance why don’t the American people have the same. We the people pay for there insurance that they have.Freedom to choose is always the best.
If we don’t get the democrat’s out of the congress it won’t mater what the President proposes they will do what they have done for the last 3 years NOTHING
Coverage of pre-existing conditions is not, by definition, insurance. Hence, it needs to be addressed in a different way, perhaps from a federal fund of some sort (yes, I know, government hardly ever does anything right) or a tax offset for insurance companies that are forced into this “coverage.”
The choices provided for this poll question sound like they were written by Nancy Pelosi. Why isn’t there a choice to indicate we are VERY HAPPY to see a plan that will require medical service providers to clearly show the cost of each and every medical service that they provide? Cash cost, Insurance or other should be available for all services so the paying customers can make informed choices.
“Lowering my drug costs” is not the same as lowering the cost of drugs. The govt throwing money at a product because it is expensive so I can “pay less” does not fix the problem.
Sadly, Congress will block anything he tries to do for America.
One thing that bothers me about my senior contemporaries is this nonsense that we are owed FREE drugs just because we made it to old age, NO one owes me anything. Nothing is FREE someone has to pay for it.
Sometimes seniors are the biggest whiners on the face of the planet, I don’t know ANY poor seniors. Yet every day I get more free stuff thrown at me just because I have lived a long life.
The ONLY thing that will work in our system is to open up interstate competition among the carriers. Health insurance is in dire need of deregulation, which means the less government interference the better, no matter what side of the aisle is proposing the plan. I chose “no opinion” because I don’t think anything any politician proposes in this area will improve on what we had originally, unless it gives more freedom to the private sector to create better products at a lower price point. We need to encourage greater competition among health insurers, instead of having them compete against the government.
I don’t like “socialized healthcare”, so I am somewhat against the notion. I think we should go back to our insurance options and regulate the industry so that health care will be more affordable.
I clicked on the answer of improving my Medicare, only because that is “health insurance” which we have paid for our whole lives and it is worthless!!!
The most important part for me is price transparency. Until both Hospitals, Doctors and Drug Companies list the prices and promises for their services, we will never be able to break this awful system.
This poll does not ask the right questions. I think what the President did is great. He has protected the public in general from abuse by the health care industry and big pharma without creating another giveaway program. America was built on the hard work of individuals. If we are to stay great we need to encourage the hard working individual and assist those in need to lift themselves up with temporary assistance not lifetime handouts. I’m 70 years old and still getting out there working everyday and assisting others. We need to work hard to protect the rule of law and our constitution or risk losing our American way of life for future generations.
First of all let’s make it clear I do not like that government is involved in health care. With that stated, more options of health care, transparency is a must and no one should demand one size fits all.
“Anything is better than Obamacare” and that is the truth! President Trump inherited this mess from his predecessor in the White House and I believe he is honestly trying to fix it. This is why I hate the propaganda in television commercials that claim that Mr. Trump is going to ruin healthcare. No folks, Mr. Obama and the Democrats are the ones who are to blame for our ruined healthcare system. He lied and said that you could keep your doctor and your insurance plan. Then Obamacare was passed as a tax-forcing people to have a healthcare plan or be penalized by the IRS- so that they could implement their disastrous plan of socialism-through-medicine on the American people. President Trump has since repealed this unfair penalty which clearly violated our freedom!