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Aussie105

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34. Why not do the sensible thing?

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:01 AM

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Nuke those 'for profit' hospitals and health insurance companies, nationalize free healthcare?

Government owns the hospitals, employs the staff, wears the cost of the health system.
User pays nothing.

Other countries did this a while back.

Australia certainly does, mostly - dental, optical and a drive in ambulance still costs.

You can buy private health insurance, but it is optional.
The private hospitals have softer mattrasses, better meals and cuter nurses. 8-)

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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

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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 Tuesday #39

Exactly. Karma13612 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #31

He's probably lying Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday #32

Why not do the sensible thing? Aussie105 Tuesday #34

So the genius idea is Diraven Tuesday #35

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

Don't know if anyone said this yet Snoopy 7 Tuesday #37

As long as health insurance remains a for-profit system mdbl Tuesday #38

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

Anytime trump says he is doing something Smilo Tuesday #42