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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 03:17 PM Apr 2017

Donald Trump doesn't know anything about the health care bill he's pushing


In an interview about his first 100 days, Trump is confused about what the health care bill includes.

Casey QuinlanFollow
Policy reporter at ThinkProgress.
Apr 30

In an interview with Face The Nation’s John Dickerson that aired Sunday, it appeared that President Donald Trump did not fully understand what was in the latest version of the Republican health care bill.

When Dickerson pushed Trump to acknowledge why there are critics of the bill, noting higher premiums for older people, Trump interrupted him to say that issue was fixed. Throughout the interview, Trump insisted that the latest version of the bill addressed all of the problems Dickerson mentioned, even though the bill has only become worse for low-income people, older people and people with pre-existing conditions.

When Dickerson asked Trump explain to how higher premiums were “fixed” under the new health care bill, he didn’t have an answer.

Finally, after being pressed several times, Trump responded, “This bill has evolved…But we have now pre-existing conditions in the bill. We have — we’ve set up a pool for the pre-existing conditions so that the premiums can be allowed to fall. We’re talking across all of the borders or the lines so that insurance companies can compete.”

When Dickerson pointed out there wasn’t any mention of purchasing insurance across state lines in the current legislation, Trump said, “Of course, it’s in.”

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https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trump-health-care-bill-f73453056199


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Donald Trump doesn't know anything about the health care bill he's pushing (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2017 OP
Stump the trump safeinOhio Apr 2017 #1
Neither do the Republicans and they don't care, either. Warpy Apr 2017 #2
He really is an ignorant puppet... bagelsforbreakfast Apr 2017 #3
He doesn't know or care what's in the bill. panader0 Apr 2017 #4
Yep. DK504 Apr 2017 #6
This. Exactly this. Initech Apr 2017 #7
So, how is this different from anything else he's advocating? FakeNoose Apr 2017 #5

Warpy

(111,254 posts)
2. Neither do the Republicans and they don't care, either.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 03:21 PM
Apr 2017

Congress has theirs and it's for life. They really don't give a shit about the rest of us, they just want big donors happy. Those are their real employers, not the voters.

Well, it's time for another barrage of phone calls, emails, letters, Twits, and shouts on the street to let them know we know what they're up to and we can make it impossible for them to stick their noses out of DC, ever again.

We didn't get much from the ACA but we need to hang onto what we did get.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
4. He doesn't know or care what's in the bill.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 03:24 PM
Apr 2017

He only knows that if it doesn't pass he might get more bad press from
the dishonest media. He needs a victory.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
6. Yep.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 03:35 PM
Apr 2017

" ... it appeared that President Donald Trump did not fully understand what was in the latest version of the Republican health care bill. "

Is any one really surprised by this. He doesn't understand anything over "See Dick Assault Women" volume 3

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
5. So, how is this different from anything else he's advocating?
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 03:24 PM
Apr 2017

He hasn't read any of these bills, and doesn't understand what he's signing most of the time.

The guy is not a lawyer, and we're not even sure if he knows how to read.


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