Explosive new book says Trump asked why Medicare can't just cover everyone

[applegrove]

Bob Bryan at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-on-trump-medicare-obamacare-2018-1

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Trump also reportedly had "little or no interest" in the Obamacare repeal fight.

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President Donald Trump reportedly mused to top aides about a healthcare policy that aligns with Bernie Sanders' healthcare platform, according to the explosive new book "Fire and Fury" by author Michael Wolff.

Wolff wrote that when the president was discussing healthcare and the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act, he asked aides, "Why can't Medicare simply cover everybody?"

The idea of Medicare-for-all has grown popular in recent years among the left wing of the Democratic Party. Sanders introduced last year a bill that would expand the government healthcare program for seniors, drawing support from an array of Democratic senators, including Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and 13 others.


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[Vinyasa Guy]

1. I agree!

Why not?

[workinclasszero]

2. Ask the ***king Koch bros and Paul Ryan

They will be gunning for Social Security and Medicare this year.

[Hoyt]

3. Trump is too stupid to realize if he asked that publicly, he would at least be known for

advancing Medicare for All. Of course, his ignorant white wing base would go berserk.

[RKP5637]

5. Too bad about a third of this country are flaming assholes. They constantly hold the US back

and can take full credit when China is by far the world leader leaving the US in the dust.

[workinclasszero]

8. Four years of Trumpism will break America in many ways

When we get a democratic Congress and President again we must boldly break with the past and set this country back on a decent future for all of us.

Screw half measures, we need another Democratic New Deal for the American public!

[RKP5637]

11. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[torius]

9. They are the main ones on SSDI, SSI, and food stamps

The ones they themselves complain about...

[RKP5637]

12. Yeah, it's ironic and so stupid. They just don't get it. They must be simply fundamentally stupid.

[elleng]

4. and their answer was WHAT?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. He would have asked that quesiton because he hasn't a clue how Medicare works.

Those of us who support Medicare for all do (for the most part) understand how it works and want the system extended to everyone.

[silverweb]

10. So simple.

Medicare for All is such an obvious, elegant concept, even the Dotard's simplistic mind sees it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. A rare moment of clarity, he will of course deny he said it as he will be informed

why deplorables dont want this.

You see Mr. President, if you do that then even black people will get healthcare. Now how can we eliminate them if we give them healthcare?

[Kirk Lover]

15. He had another moment w/ the Aussie PM...you're healthcare is better than ours. n/t

[Takket]

14. whelp, that should finish him off in the eyes of the deplorables lol