Quote:So much for reading comprehension. I suggest you practice it sometime.

 

From your article:

 

"I told him I will look at his suggestions, and out of respect, I will do that," the president-elect said at Trump Tower.

"Either Obamacare will be amended, or repealed and replaced."

 

From the campaign:

 

http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Health_Care.htm


TRUMP: I agree with that 100%, except pre-existing conditions, I would absolutely get rid of ObamaCare. I want to keep pre- existing conditions. It's a modern age, and I think we have to have it.


Q: The insurance companies say is that the only way that they can cover people with pre-existing conditions is to have a mandate requiring everybody purchase health insurance. Are they wrong?


TRUMP: I think they're wrong 100%. Look, the insurance companies take care of the politicians [and vice-versa]. The insurance companies are making an absolute fortune. Yes, they will keep preexisting conditions, and that would be a great thing.

 

Sad to see the media still playing these games.

 

That is absolutely silly.   If insurance companies cannot reject people for having pre-existing conditions, and there is no mandate that says you have to have health insurance, then  people will just wait until they get sick and then apply for health insurance.   The insurance companies will be bankrupted.   

The part about pre-existing conditions cannot work without the mandate.   There has to be a pool of healthy people paying insurance to subsidize the unhealthy people.  That's the way insurance works.  You can't wait until your house is on fire to apply for fire insurance.  Without the mandate, the insurance companies have to be able to reject pre-existing conditions.  

 

This is why it is ridiculous for them to think  they think they are going to keep the popular parts of Obamacare and throw out the unpopular parts.  They have to either keep the whole thing, or do like they said they were going to do and throw out the whole thing.  

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