His clarification is no better, to wit, he wasn’t talking about a mandate but instead, a back-stop on pre-existing conditions.
The two concepts go hand in hand. The whole point of a mandate is to force healthy people to pay to offset the back-stop on pre-existing conditions.
So, Trump is going to give us cheaper healthcare, with more choices, that back-stops pre-existing conditions, and no mandate?
Wow.
Sorry, but that’s a bigger whopper than, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor...”
You forgot "and everyone will be covered.". But no single payer, you understand."
This whole thing is like a bad joke. Either the people who don't see a major disconnect are ignorant of how health care works, or they're not being honest in defending him. Those are the only two options because what he's promised, combined with what he's disavowed, simply does not compute.