If Trump signed an exec order making all citizens & legal residents eligible for medicare

[librechik]

IOW, Medicare for All--

Would his approval ratings improve? I would celebrate that myself, if it happened, and I hate Trump.

[briv1016]

1. If it could've been done through executive action, don't you think Obama would've done it?

[librechik]

3. no, don't think so.Different sort of bloke than Trump. But I wish...

[KittyWampus]

5. No, because it could so easily be undone in 8 years.

[Ruby the Liberal]

8. Did you mean to say 4?

Please tell me you meant to say 4.

[KittyWampus]

11. I was speaking from Obama's perspective.

[HoneyBadger]

2. It would be interesting

I do not even know what Medicare might cost me. I suspect that the prescription benefits (part D??) may far exceed the reach of my current plan. If so, that would be a game changer for me, and I would switch ASAP. Isn't the sign up closed til November?

[librechik]

4. you can sign up whenever. The deadline is for taxes.

[KittyWampus]

6. Trump could not do that as it involves money and that means purse strings/Congress.

[Vinca]

7. If he could do that it would make me very happy, but I would still not support him in any way,

shape or form. But, it's a moot point because the GOP Congress has one goal and one goal only: make sure only people who can afford it get medical treatment. The rest of the slackers are expected to die.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. I would love that -- and be happy to give him credit

But in the real world of the GOP, its more likely that they will dismantle everything, hand each of us a coupon book, and tell the semi-literate Trump that they just accomplished all of his goals.

[uponit7771]

10. +1, MiniPoot just says shit no rhyme or reason UNLESS its defending Russia, there he's consistent

[bdamomma]

12. I want to see where

and when chump is going to meet with pootie. they could have a late night rendezvous. you never know.

[wishstar]

13. Impossible and we would have to be be dreaming or in an alternate universe

Executive orders cannot change programs like ACA, SS and Medicare that cost trillions of dollars from federal budget each year. Only Congress can do that. ;

Sadly there is a lot of wishful magical thinking going around about Trump giving everyone single payer with one govt run health plan.

Are people forgetting the man is an unethical dishonest con artist who fooled enough people to vote for him and now he is trying to fool everyone else when he has no plan and the Repubs have no plan because they have no intention of spending the money it would require for single payer or even adequate subsidies to help everyone have truly affordable health care and they refuse to increase taxes sufficiently to make ACA more generous.

[pnwmom]

14. It would till they found out THEY were responsible for 100% of the premiums. n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. ....then it would come in most handy for proctological services.....

...for monkeys emerging from the posteriors of Americans everywhere.

[Bradical79]

16. Don't know, but it would be a disaster

You can't implement univeral healthcare by simply declaring it into existence. Dropping hundreds of millions of people into Medicare with little preparation and a lack of legislation would be a nightmare for the program.

[safeinOhio]

17. trump is not big

on details.

[Runningdawg]

18. And that will be his (and our) downfall