Single Payor if Trump Gets Elected?

[Justin Bilyj]

It was on the the Scott Pelley Show:

Scott Pelley: What's your plan for Obamacare?

Donald Trump: Obamacare's going to be repealed and replaced. Obamacare is a disaster if you look at what's going on with premiums where they're up 40, 50, 55 percent.

Scott Pelley: How do you fix it?

Donald Trump: There's many different ways, by the way. Everybody's got to be covered. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say because a lot of times they say, "No, no, the lower 25 percent that can't afford private. But--"

Scott Pelley: Universal health care.

Donald Trump: I am going to take care of everybody. I don't care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody's going to be taken care of much better than they're taken care of now.

Scott Pelley: The uninsured person is going to be taken care of. How? How?

Donald Trump: They're going to be taken care of. I would make a deal with existing hospitals to take care of people. And, you know what, if this is probably--

Scott Pelley: Make a deal? Who pays for it?

Donald Trump: --the government's gonna pay for it. But we're going to save so much money on the other side.

Donald Trump's amazingly vague '60 Minutes' interview, annotated - The Washington Post

JUST WOW

 

[AllenChicago]

he learned from the Obama example that if you promise everything to everyone you will get elected. It's as simple as that.

 

[Yagents]

My mother has a friend whose cousin's neighbor heard that Trump said he's going after the hedge funds and health agents.

Don't know how accurate the quote is though.

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And with that #7500 post of mine (I'll take a bow),

I now have more posts than Martin O'Malley has in votes.

 

[somarco]

My mother has a friend whose cousin's neighbor heard

You really work hard for gossip, don't you?

I don't think Trump will be elected. My money is on Cruz or Rubio. Front runners this early on rarely hold the lead.

Giuliani, Gingrich, Hillary (2007-08), Ted Kennedy, Dukakis, John Edwards .... all of these had leads at one point and did not get their party nomination.

Even with the Obamacare debacle, the country isn't ready for SP

 

[Winter_123]

Even with the Obamacare debacle, the country isn't ready for SP

That may be true but just dont start calling single payer "socialism." The way things are going that is likely to get more support for it.

Not your grandfathers country anymore.

 

[Norwayguy]

That may be true but just dont start calling single payer "socialism." The way things are going that is likely to get more support for it.

Not your grandfathers country anymore.

Too bad there isn't a section on this forum to talk about the election.

 

[scagnt83]

My money is on Cruz or Rubio. Front runners this early on rarely hold the lead.

God help us if Cruz gets the nomination... that will mean the dem ticket is a lock to win

 

[sman]

God help us if Cruz gets the nomination... that will mean the dem ticket is a lock to win

How about a Carson/Rubio ticket? Or Carson/Fiorina? Or Rubio/Fiorina?

 

[Yagents]

The last one works for me, fee fi forina and rubio

 

[somarco]

I don't think Cruz has the personality to take it all the way but he has funding and ground game. Supporters are feeling shaky about Jeb. Hard to say where they will throw their support but I doubt it will be Carson or Fiorina.

If they look at who Cruz and Rubio appeal to at this point I think the money will follow Rubio over Cruz.

Too bad Perry and Walker crashed and burned so quickly. I think Perry probably had the experience and smarts to be a good prez but he just couldn't shine.

Trump sucks all the oxygen out of the room and makes it hard for anyone else to get face time. Cruz, Rubio and Fiorina have addressed some of Trump's weaknesses without coming across as attacking him personally.

Good move.

Trump's star is beginning to fade. Carson, Rubio and Fiorina are rising.

Now that Walker is out Jeb is almost in free fall.

Trump's populist sales pitch won't work for him the way it did Obama. Carson has the charisma and appeals to the anti-politician crowd but is already stumbling on some of the issues.

As the campaign moves forward serious voters will focus on issues but personalities are a definite factor in elections. Reagan was trailing Bush leading up to the 1980 election. It would be 12 more years before George Herbert Walker Bush would grab the brass ring.

But I digress.

I just don't see Medicare for all becoming reality.