Latest Breaking News

the nelm

(212 posts)

21. Like everything else with this fool, he has no idea how insurance actually works,...

Reply to Traildogbob (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:02 PM

Monday

does he? Paying premiums does not equal the supposed pooling effect of paying for actual medical expenses.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

4 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Dixc area51 mobeau69 love_katz

42 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Trump says he's talking to Democrats about direct health care payment plan [View all] BumRushDaShow Monday OP

This is all bullshit. Democrats would not like what he is proposing to do. OLDMDDEM Monday #1

Talking AT Dems , not "to"... and definitely not "with". mpcamb Monday #17

The subsidies Traildogbob Monday #2

Like everything else with this fool, he has no idea how insurance actually works,... the nelm Monday #21

That's just health interests moving piles of cash from one pocket to another. What's to cut prices??? marble falls Monday #3

Yeah, Donny, tell us another fairy tale. DinahMoeHum Monday #4

WTF? The ACA is working, just fund the damn thing. Does he know the coverage comes from private companies? Vinca Monday #5

The Hill of course gab13by13 Monday #6

Cantaloupe Caligula The Corpulent Said... GB_RN Monday #7

Yeah, right...what? TWO WEEKS like his infrastucture plan? AZ8theist Monday #8

Something else... GiqueCee Monday #9

Every single thing popsdenver Monday #10

What is the practical intent here? To allow people to buy higher deductible and presumably cheaper plans? LonePirate Monday #11

OK - what about the pre-existing condition clause and the lifetime caps. Two very very important gains in the ACA Marie Marie Monday #12

How can anybody be this stupid? Wiz Imp Monday #13

This is his "selling" of insurance privatization nationwide as a new front for attacking Medicare, ancianita Monday #14

If he eventually gets around to thinking single payer is his idea intrepidity Monday #15

Let's not forget the rest of ACA Bluetus Monday #16

And are these "Democrats" in the room with him now? VMA131Marine Monday #18

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE NOW Karma13612 Monday #19

the part I don't get is the failure to realize dingosatemyusername 18 hrs ago #39

Exactly. Karma13612 6 hrs ago #41

Why can't we have what other countries have? twodogsbarking Monday #20

Oh...like the $2k checks to Americans from the tariffs..or that he bailed out the farmers...bull crap PortTack Monday #22

Let's not forget the Doge checks Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #33

A "direct health care payment plan" dflprincess Monday #23

Universal Healthcare bmichaelh Monday #24

Wow, what if this could be done with afterlife? Just go to a store and buy however much afterlife we need, directly! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Monday #25

That does nothing to control premiums. RandySF Monday #26

He talks like an 8-year-old: "It's up a gazillion million quadruple percent!" C Moon Monday #27

This fucking ignorant fuck Blues Heron Monday #28

..talked to them "about paying large amounts of dollars back to the people." Septua Monday #29

What A Simpleton DallasNE Monday #30

"The insurance companies are making a fortune," he said. Septua Yesterday #31

He's probably lying Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #32

Why not do the sensible thing? Aussie105 23 hrs ago #34

So the genius idea is Diraven 21 hrs ago #35

How come we're hearing nothing about these talks from the Democrats? Hugin 21 hrs ago #36

Don't know if anyone said this yet Snoopy 7 19 hrs ago #37

As long as health insurance remains a for-profit system mdbl 19 hrs ago #38

Dems should refuse to meet him. Tell him to write his plan up and send it to us for review. nt Hotler 18 hrs ago #40

Anytime trump says he is doing something Smilo 5 hrs ago #42