President-elect Donald Trump said his replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be “insurance for everybody,” potentially putting him at odds with his own party’s healthcare proposals in Congress.
“There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us,” Trump said in an interview with the Washington Post.
He later clarified that he’s not advocating for single-payer healthcare but declined to offer more pecifics on how he’ll reach his coverage goal, promising to lay out a full plan once his nominee for HHS Secretary, U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, is confirmed.
Universal coverage, however, is not what Republicans in Congress have in the works in their own ACA replacement proposals, most of which include eliminating the individual and employer mandates on health insurance.
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John joined TriMed in 2016, focusing on healthcare policy and regulation. After graduating from Columbia College Chicago, he worked at FM News Chicago and Rivet News Radio, and worked on the state government and politics beat for the Illinois Radio Network. Outside of work, you may find him adding to his never-ending graphic novel collection.