Posted on 08/15/2015 6:48:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
He said it in October 1999.
Trump has figured out it won’t work for the US.
Trump wants a private health care system and for in state health insurance companies that are monopolies to sell out of state.
Listen to Trump’s in depth interview with Chicago Tribune.
Listen around the 55 min mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m91vEm9kAsY
The point of the article is to mischaracterize what he would like to see done in the US.
Did he or did he not say, “What I would like to see is a private system...”
Really, who cares what he thinks of Canadian or Scottish health care?
He's running for President of the US, not Canada or Scotland.
If he wins, the dems will all say the people Want single..
I would be careful—dems get control of Congress it’s all over
I’ve heard arguments put forward, that I don’t agree with,
that the it works better in countries with smaller populations,
or as Martin Samuels posits in the article,
it is the proximity to the US that allows the Canadian system to ‘work well’.
Both arguments do not reflect the reality of the serious shortcomings,
at least in the Canadian system with which I am familiar.
Here is a recent article illustrating problems in Ontario, Canada
Trumps misconceptions regarding health care in these two nations are trivial,
it is his plan for America that needs to be scrutinized.
Yep, that is what I heard when I listened to him.
I live in Canada. The healthcare system is great if you don’t get sick. You have a high incentive to stay healthy.
A single payer system could work if it was set up properly. That means that the beneficiaries aren’t seen as the providers, but the people. The problem is the current government officials owe their souls to lobbyists from drug companies, unions, healthcare insurance lobbies, etc. Someone like Trump who doesn’t get bought by those folks could devise a proper system that actually works for the people.
He has proposed it before for the U.S. ... and not so long ago. Now supposedly he has changed his mind, while supposedly still praising it in other countries where it is, in fact, a disaster, but says it works very well. Who cares? If he honestly thinks it works well, that indicates he’s not very good at analysis or is engaging in political speak to try to have it both ways. Neither is very reassuring.
Full context
BRET BAIER: Gentlemen, the next series of questions deals with ObamaCare and the role of the federal government.
Mr. Trump, ObamaCare is one of the things you call a disaster.
DONALD TRUMP: A complete disaster, yes.
BAIER: Saying it needs to be repealed and replaced.
TRUMP: Correct.
BAIER: Now, 15 years ago, uncalled yourself a liberal on health care. You were for a single-payer system, a Canadian-style system.
Why were you for that then and why aren’t you for it now?
TRUMP: First of all, I’d like to just go back to one. In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq, because it was going to destabilize the Middle East. And I’m the only one on this stage that knew that and had the vision to say it. And that’s exactly what happened.
BAIER: But on ObamaCare...
TRUMP: And the Middle East became totally destabilized. So I just want to say.
As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland. It could have worked in a different age, which is the age you’re talking about here. What I’d like to see is a private system without the artificial lines around every state. I have a big company with thousands and thousands of employees. And if I’m negotiating in New York or in New Jersey or in California, I have like one bidder. Nobody can bid.
You know why?
Because the insurance companies are making a fortune because they have control of the politicians, of course, with the exception of the politicians on this stage.
But they have total control of the politicians. They’re making a fortune.
Get rid of the artificial lines and you will have...
(BUZZER NOISE)
TRUMP: — yourself great plans. And then we have to take care of the people that can’t take care of themselves. And I will do that through a different system.
RE: The life expectancy in Canada is 82 years.
Yep, and they have better roads too. We have 10 times more cars than they do.
And they have less illegal immigrants than the USA, and less blacks and of course, less crime.
See the correlation?
“Isn’t Scotland’s health system pretty much subsidised by the English...”
And Canada’s system is subsidized by the US via our relieving them of paying to defend themselves.
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