Pence Clarifies What Trump Meant When He Said 'Insurance For Everybody'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By LAUREN FOX Published JANUARY 18, 2017, 4:55 PM EDT

Vice President-elect Mike Pence took the liberty on CNN Wednesday of clarifying what Donald Trump really meant when he said in a Washington Post interview that he wanted to see "insurance for everybody."

"I think it means making insurance affordable for everyone, but also allowing for the kinds of reforms in Medicaid on a state-by-state basis that will ensure -- that will make sure that we have health care coverage for the most vulnerable in our society," Pence said, according to a report from CNN.

Pence's clarification came after Trump's comments startled some Capitol Hill Republicans who feared Trump was making promises that the party could not deliver on in a replacement plan.

During the CNN interview, Pence also clarified that the Trump administration was still working on a replacement to the Affordable Care Act, but that it would be done soon. "We're getting very close. We expect to have that plan come forward in the early days of the administration," Pence told CNN.

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[brooklynite]

1. Imagine how much time Trump would have to "work on a replacement"...

...if he wasn't spending all his time watching TV and tweeting about party dresses..

[safeinOhio]

3. and running his

237 businesses.

[pangaia]

2. What a bunch of obfuscating horse shit.

[Wellstone ruled]

15. Agree.

[They_Live]

38. SEE! Fake news!!!!

[Kittycow]

4. Medicaid butchery and fail, in other words, eh Pence?

[Skittles]

5. if there's one silver lining in having to put up with that orange piece of shit Trump

it's that republicans have to put up with his incompetent ass too

[11 Bravo]

10. They OWN that saggy-assed shitweasel!

Fuck him, and fuck THEM!

[Skittles]

11. oh fuck them all, sideways and into HELL

yes INDEED

[olddad56]

28. I agree, fuck those fucking fuckers.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. 'Medicaid ... on a state-by-state basis'

Block grants, insufficient money to pay for it, money doled
out first-come-first-served based on who you know, no problems
here, move along

[ananda]

25. And nothing for poor women, either!

nt

[MattP]

7. It's like saying a Mercedes for everybody if you just pay for it

[elmac]

8. walk back walk back

what he really means

[Docreed2003]

16. Lol....well at least I know that my kids won't go hungry with this new payment plans....

[Cryptoad]

30. Been around a long time,,,

and I've never met a MD that had trouble feeding his kids....

[Docreed2003]

32. Was being sarcastic about the chicken payment...

With 42 chickens I could feed the whole neighborhood....

[WinkyDink]

33. Or meeting his tee-time.

[Historic NY]

9. Vice President of clarification,

[machoneman]

14. Hey, all the O-Care talk alone....

may bring down the orange-haired Fuhrer!

[BumRushDaShow]

12. From one VP to the VP-E

as he said to a previous VP candidate -

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Pence?

Christian aid organizations will be involved

So if you go to Church, you'll have a clinic available

[WinkyDink]

34. How...DICKensian of him.

[ladym55]

17. They have no replace

They KNOW they have no replace, and they don't CARE that they have no replace. They just figure if they keep lying, the dopes who continue to vote for them will be placated.

It is telling that they passed a bill so that the Congressional Budget Office cannot tell us what the repeal will cost the US economy. It will be disastrous. But being mean and petty and spoiling what the black guy did is far more important than the overall economic health of the nation.

It's sad when Rethugs ignore places like the Cleveland Clinic jumping up and down and shouting about what a disaster repeal would be.

[WinkyDink]

35. AND they have no intentions of replacing the ACA.

[DFW]

18. I know someone who is not working on a replacement

A guy named Trump. He's too busy preening.

And if there's one thing Republicans have fought tooth and nail AGAINST since Prometheus discovered fire, it's "making insurance affordable for everyone." So, Pence has another "think" coming.

By the way, if ANYONE believes that the Republicans will have a replacement plan in "the early days of the administration," either the "early days" of this administration mean December, 2020, or this administration is expecting to end within a year of the inauguration, and Pence already is anticipating the onset of his own administration

[BeyondGeography]

19. Sorry, but that doesn't sound like everyone will be beautifully covered

[cab67]

20. I think Republicans are surprised at the current state of things.

They assumed that Obamacare would be deeply unpopular enough that Democrats would want to be seen helping replace it. They didn't expect (a) the overall popularity of Obamacare and (b) the solidarity Democrats are showing (so far) in refusing to help.

[dhol82]

21. I just hope the dems in congress keep it up!

[MontanaMama]

22. So, Pence is the Clarifier In Chief?

Mikey's gonna have his hands full. How will he clarify pee-gate?

[chelsea0011]

23. In other words he didn't mean insurance and didn't mean everyone

[hatrack]

24. " . . . making insurance affordable for everyone . . . " More meaningless Hoosier horseshit

.

[Coventina]

26. "Abortions for none. Tiny American flags for everyone."

To paraphrase the Simpsons.

[Freethinker65]

27. Get used to hearing "Pence clarifies what Trump meant..."

[tanyev]

31. Yep. News organizations might want to create a generic template for that story.

It'll save a lot of time.

[Cryptoad]

29. Who's in charge of the chicken shit outfit????????? nt

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

36. Oh, so the Rs are concerned with helping the "most vulnerable in our society"?

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

37. "I think it means..." so you dont know, do you pence! I think part of the modus operandi with

this bunch is that they - the elected Rs and their surrogates - say a lot of different sometimes wildly contradictory things so everyone can hear what they want to hear.... and meanwhile, they will just ram through stuff at warp speed and in secrecy, so no one has time to read it until its too late to mount any kind of objection or public outcry. Thats how its played out here in WI under single party radical RW government.

[Turbineguy]

39. In republicanspeak the "most vulnerable"

are leprechauns and billionaires. Everybody's out to get their lucky charms.

[smirkymonkey]

40. What it means is "Eff you America! You're screwed!"

"We don't give a damn about you and we never will."