This is something you say only if you are completely ignorant about what healthcare costs. The fact that no advisor has been willing or able to explain this to him says a lot about him, his administration, and the credulity of the mainstream media (which should be calling him on this nonsense)

March 29, 2026 - 16:22 UTC

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Nah, this is just Trump's perpetual goal of erasing Obama from every aspect of the government. Trump has destroyed perfectly good orgainazations and laws in the service of doing this. Baby Trump is still smarting from the time Obama made fun of him at the WHCD
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Well, to be fair, Bill Cassidy could explain it to him, except he was too busy promoting it to try to keep his seat.
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And how risk pooling and insurance work.
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Yeah but MAGA gonna eat it up
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I don’t have any hope for his advisors or his administration doing so, and the media really should - but sadly I don’t have much hope there either.
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The maybe saddest part is no one could say this to him anyway, since he's not smart enough to understand this on any level.
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It's a completely ridiculous idea. I'm also curious about why he's recycling it so quickly after he floated it just a few months ago and it didn't get any traction then either--because it's a terrible idea. Even Mike Johnson couldn't muster much enthusiasm for it.
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It's a legit problem that it's likely that no one in his inner circle, official or unofficial positions, has not and can not explain this to him. Because that would be going against his demented ravings, and the #1 rule, the only rule, of MAGA is that you do not contradict Dear Leader in anything.
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It's also written by someone who’s using the highest level of military healthcare available-from top doctors at Walter Reed, courtesy of your and my tax dollars. The irony is that Trump has enough $ to pay for his own health care, but as usual, he uses others’ money. Ignorance and entitlement=Trump.
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Can someone convince him to cut out the middleman of direct payments to people and make direct payments to providers instead?

Voila: single payer.
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lol my most recent medical expense came with a $120,000 hospital bill

that does not include the cost of the surgical team or the anasthesiologist

thankfully I have insurance instead of a tax rebate
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Just negotiate them down 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
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And it seems obvious but who tf does he think those “direct payments” will go to If not the insurance companies? does he think that we’ll all pay the doctors and hospitals and surgeons and anesthesiologists directly?
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One could construe what he's saying as support for single payer -- cut out the middle insurance carrier, just let the government pay. But of course, what he plans, but doesn't say, is that HIS government would pay only peanuts, compared with what people would get charged.
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Alert! Alert! New distraction from the Epstein Files!
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Also, wtf does he even mean? Does he mean the government would pay for people’s insurance? Or that they would pay people directly when they have healthcare expenses? Did he just re-invent universal healthcare by accident?
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It's a trick. You get a little cash and somehow you dont notice that you lost your health coverage.
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True! We - the readers - must continue to demand better from the establishment media. But don't let the Dem Party off the hook. We need party leadership, a strong message, and an organized use of all types of media in order to reach all types of people.
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Totally agree. He has no clue and neither do his minions.
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They can say whatever in great detail or in terms even he could understand
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Bleeding out in the ER is the leverage you need to negotiate some good deals on treatment.
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Trump’s solution for difficult problems is to write a post. Republicans support this lack of leadership.
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My man does not know how insurance works. Obamacare isn’t perfect (it had and still has flaws) but the only way to justify repealing it is to implement a universal healthcare system. There is no literally no other option. (Maybe a public option.)
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Evil hypocrite pedophile doesn’t know what he’s doing as usual.
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He’s so close to accidentally demanding Medicare for All. I wonder if Mamdani could sweet-talk him into it.
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What a dummy! Just like with tariffs, he understands almost nothing. Give money to people to buy their own healthcare? Buy it from the doctors? The hospital? The pharmacies? He doesn’t understand how insurance works. The many pay and not as many use. He has the mental depth of a spoiled child.
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bloated and uncaring rings true
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$10,000 a year is the base amt a family would need to even think about being able to pay for health ins w a direct payment.
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I was thinking $2000 a month for each member of a family is about right🤑
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No, they simply don't believe people should have health care
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Thing is: he floated this idea ~6 months ago but stopped when a reporter asked who the people would pay for healthcare if not the insurance companies. Seems he’s forgotten about that
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You know what’s not sustainable
DJT bankruptcy free card on securing debt by carrying it over on We the Peoole indefinitely
Apparently the idea of debt leveraged on the federal side is a given
Borrowing money is not sustainable from other countries
Just ask the Soviet Union or Milwaukee Railroad
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It’s another distraction post. Focus
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Also he has no curiosity about this or any other problem that needs addressing.. just blurts out whatever is in his addled mind
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I think what bothers him is the name "Obamacare"
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They reap what they sow.
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You are talking about a person who has no interest in learning. Who thinks that whatever he believes in any given moment is the truth, and everyone should just accept it as such because he said so.
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"This is something you say only if you are completely ignorant about _____" for pretty much anything he says.
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His actual advisers are the senile bunch at Mara Lago. The rest are sycophantic con artists and grifters.
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