Rep. Tom Price, who was selected by President-elect Donald Trump as his pick for secretary of health and human services on Monday, has previously expressed views about the LGBTQ community that call into serious question his ability to represent its interests in good faith.For those who do not maintain that care, Price’s plan would institute state-level high-risk pools to help cover them.Looking at Price’s record, we see he voted for House Speaker Paul Ryan’s budget plan, which would replace Medicare with a voucher system, aka coupon care, meaning seniors would pay significantly more for health care. There is no evidence Mr. Trump wants to change Medicare.
However, the poll found that 63% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the law’s requirement that almost all Americans have health coverage or pay a fine. Instead, they use code words like modernize/privatize and block grants to states. Little wonder the Price nomination is supported by provider and insurance special interests that dislike options “c” and “d”. Hospital services account for 32 percent of total health spending. There is no fiscal justification for gutting the existing program, just an ideological one. “We need to push harder and harder”.Yes, you can control expenditures this way, but not without dire consequences to beneficiaries.
He also has proposed legislation to slash Medicaid and repeal Obamacare. She worked closely with officials in IN on that state’s ACA Medicaid expansion.”Dr. Price has been a leader in the development of health policies to advance patient choice and market-based solutions as well as reduce excessive regulatory burdens that diminish time devoted to patient care and increase costs”. And spending on prescription drugs, though it moderated from 2014, still grew 9 percent. Poor people would again be thrown to the wolves when states inevitably refuse to blow up their budgets.If Trump is patient and tenacious, he will likely be able to change the entirety of the healthcare system, making the process of obtaining affordable insurance a reality for more Americans.
On Wednesday, federal health officials announced that, during the first four weeks of the three-month enrollment period, 2.1 million people have selected plans through HealthCare.gov, the ACA’s federal insurance exchange, slightly ahead of a year ago.Those 16,000 deaths? It has always been known that those with access to health care lived longer than those without, but details remained scarce until a properly designed comparative study by the American Journal of Public Health showed us just how important health insurance really is. Costs didn’t explode. And, with more people covered, others with insurance through employers, for example, didn’t see crippling premium increases.
Trump appears open to keeping two of the most widely recognized and popular provisions of the ACA: coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions and allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they reach age 26.The post-election survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation also found hints of a pragmatic shift among some Republican foes of President Barack Obama’s law. If we work together, there is a better way.Trump has stated that, in an ideal world, the Canadian system is the best way to go, and Obama agrees.
Those who make less qualify for expanded Medicaid coverage. You pay the insurers to stick around.Appointing an ideologue like Price simply brings partisan baggage to DHHS, alienating a large portion of the electorate, as well as civil servants simply trying to do their jobs. Providing more health care is bad for insurers.
Date: December 05, 2016