Trump Says “Nobody Knew Health Care Could Be So Complicated”

It appears the only person in America who assumed health-care policy is simple is the one Americans elected president.

The political problem is comparative unanimity to “repeal” among Republicans is accompanied by near zero unanimity about how to “replace”.

Dallas said the consequences would be “far-reaching” and “devastating” for people with Medicaid and would affect the bottom line of hospitals – especially rural hospitals – that have had to provide millions less in free care since the expansion.

“Now is the time to step up and say. can we make things better?”

“I think it’s going to discourage employers”, he said, adding it’s antithetical to the goal.

Uncertainty about how Republicans will replace the ACA has unnerved health insurers, hospitals, community clinics, doctors, constituents and even Republican governors.

If there’s one thing nearly everybody across the political spectrum knows about health-care reform, it’s that it’s really hard.

“We didn’t tell the American people we’re going to repeal it – except we’re going to keep some of the tax increases that some are talking about”.

President Trump said that this is what Republicans can’t do, but what he described is the most likely outcome for Obamacare repeal.

A Republican outline for replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could significantly reduce the number of Americans with health insurance and potentially cost states billions of dollars over five years, according to an analysis prepared for the National Governors Association on Saturday.

“There is no way to cover those costs”, Mr. Dallas said during a call-in news conference with Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller and Secretary of Health Karen Murphy.

Speaking recently about what has been the subject of protests in his district and around the country, he told the Advance, “I will not vote for anything that pulls the rug out from beneath people’s feet”.

In a meeting on Monday with leaders from several major health insurance companies, President Donald Trump heaped criticism on the Affordable Care Act while promising a replacement that will improve upon the healthcare law.

President Trump met later with health insurance executives, some of whom are anxious that the uncertainty over the health care law’s future is spilling into the marketplace. While they said they will reserve final judgment for the point when it becomes clear where specific spending cuts will come from, they voiced worries about the prospect of slashing spending on educational and environmental initiatives, and other areas.

Kasich, along with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, are also now in talks to come up with a Medicaid plan that Republicans lawmakers and the White House could endorse. “I think it’s going to be something special”.