One of the main reasons that people are showing up to vote for Donald Trump is because he has claimed he will 'repeal and replace' Obamacare. All of his supporters are so ecstatic about this claim by Trump, but there is one rather large question that isn't being asked... Why does he say he is going to 'replace' it? What is he going to replace it with?
Well, the first answer you get from Trump supporters is he is going to replace it with something 'good', or should I say 'Great'! But if we actually look at what Donald Trump has personally said about this issue we get a very different story.
Let us start at the beginning. In 1999, Trump went on Larry King's show and the issue of healthcare was brought up. This is a direct quote from that dialogue, "I'm somewhat liberal on social issues, especially health care". He went on later, in the same interview, to say this when asked if he was for universal healthcare:
"Think you have to have it, and, again, I said I'm conservative, generally speaking, I'm conservative, and even very conservative. But I'm quite liberal and getting much more liberal on health care and other things. I really say: What's the purpose of a country if you're not going to have defensive and health care? If you can't take care of your sick in the country, forget it, it's all over. I mean, it's no good. So I'm very liberal when it comes to health care. I believe in universal health care." - Donald Trump (1999)
Read the complete interview here:
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/10/08/trump.transcript/
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"I’m a conservative on most issues but a liberal on health. It is an unacceptable but accurate fact that the number of uninsured Americans has risen to 42 million. Working out detailed plans will take time. But the goal should be clear: Our people are our greatest asset. We must take care of our own. We must have universal healthcare." - Donald Trump (2000)
Okay, still that was 16 years ago. I want to be completely fair to Mr. Trump. So, let us look at some of his statements from just a few years ago. In 2011, on the Sean Hannity show, Donald Trump said the following in reference to President Barrack Obama:
"I was his biggest cheerleader. If you go back three years, I'm saying, 'Do a great job.' I wanted him to do a great job. I still want him to do a great job."
"It's not going to happen because the first thing you'd have to do is end Obamacare. Businesses are going to close down because of Obamacare." - Donald Trump (2011)
Obviously, there was some type of change in his thinking. He was trying to be fair to President Obama, and he even recognized that there was a problem with Obamacare (which is Universal Healthcare). So, at this point in the time spectrum of Trump's evolution on healthcare it appears as though Trump is against Universal Healthcare. Or is he?
But before we go any further let us understand the basis of Obamacare. Under Obamacare, insurance is provided by both the federal government and private companies, and the actual care is delivered by the private sector (hospitals, doctor's offices, clinics, etc.). With a 'Single Payer' system your insurance would be provided strictly by.... you guessed it, the federal government. Now, what exactly does Donald Trump want when it comes to healthcare?
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In September of 2015 (that's just six months ago) Donald Trump went on '60 Minutes' and pushed his idea of a 'Single Payer' system... Trump said that under his plan 'Everyone' would be covered, and when he was asked who would pay for it his answer was very simple and direct, "the government’s gonna pay for it".
Are you thinking that maybe he didn't actually mean 'Single Payer'? Well, try this on for size. In the very first GOP debate of 2016 Donald J. Trump said this in regards to healthcare,
"As far as single-payer, it works in Canada, works incredibly well in Scotland."
Do what? Really Mr. Trump? There is one small problem with that statement... Scotland doesn't just have 'single payer' healthcare... IT HAS SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE!
Let's go back over the healthcare terms:
Universal Healthcare: Insurance can be provided by the private industry and the government/ care is private.
Single Payer Healthcare: Insurance provided solely by the government/ care is private.
Socialized Healthcare: Insurance is provided solely by the government/ care is also provided solely by the government.
Donald Trump thinks that when the government is in complete, full control of the healthcare system (both the insurance and the actual hospitals and doctors) that it is an 'incredible' system!
Now for the icing on the cake. Just a few hours ago Donald Trump's healthcare plan was officially released. After all his non-stop talk about bringing jobs back to America, and demonizing companies for doing business overseas (even though his companies do the same thing) he tells the American people that what is going to reduce healthcare cost is for us to ... wait for it... buy 'IMPORTED' pharmaceuticals.
If you do not believe anything in this article then I challenge you to google all of these quotes, and to actually read about Donald Trump instead of just quoting what he says on the campaign trail. The point of a campaign is marketing. The reason one markets something is to sell it. Donald Trump is trying his hardest to get you to buy his ocean front property in Oklahoma.
If you actually trust this man then shame on you. He has not evolved to a more conservative view. Many of his views have drifted even farther left instead. Stop taking him at his word, and actually study this man. Everything he says is vague. He's gone bankrupt four times already. Don't let him bankrupt our country.
