In Reply to: The Irish know how to greet Tump posted by mh on September 11, 2026 at 10:52:42
Trump: "We'll pass the Great Healthcare Plan to stop all government payments to the big insurance companies"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) September 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Trump’s idea to “stop all government payments to the big insurance companies” would mean putting an end to all Medicare Advantage Plans. While there have been some controversies associated with these plans, they offer many people more and better coverage for less money, and in many cases no deductibles or co-pays.
What’s more, these plans currently account for 55% of all current Medicare policies. And they are paid for by the government via the recipient’s Medicare allotment. Therefore, they would be eliminated by Trump’s proposal. And if half of the Medicare recipients lost these benefits, the whole of the program could be put in jeopardy.
Naturally, Trump couldn’t care less about any of this, or any of the harm that it would produce. He likely has no idea what any of it is about. He is just mouthing off some rhetoric that he picked up from the Internet trolls that he follows online. And as usual, he is advocating for something that will cause more problems that it would ever have solved. Much like his failure to extend the subsidies for Obamacare, which resulted in skyrocketing premiums and lost coverage for millions of Americans.