[Buckeye McFrog]

Trump is using a staged approach. Give them a chance to respond to lighter measures and keeping the big stick in his back pocket for later.

Do these people know anything about negotiating?

[onona]

Wow. A free market approach to healthcare.

In before the price control tweakers...

[norwaypinesavage]

This is a very good move on Trump's part. Here's why. I recently became eligible for Medicare, and so am forced to be on it. I've had two medical procedures that required use of expensive state-of-the-art equipment and doctors. These were laser eye surgery and MRI guided cancer biopsy. The total bills for these procedures were both in the range of 3 to 4 thousand dollars each. Medicare paid around $100 for each procedure. The providers were required by Medicare law to accept that amount IN FULL.

This, of course, didn't even cover the cost of the receptionist and waiting room, much less the specialist doctors and medical equipment. Who, then, paid the true cost?

Of course, it is YOU who are not on Medicare. I did, of course, pay my share of expenses for others during my more than half century of Social Security and Medicare deductions from my pay checks. But that was when about 20 of us were paying for each recipient. Now that it's down to two or three of YOU, it's simply not fair to add the costs of medical drugs as well.

[Iron Munro]

Democrats are always full-up with ideas of what republican presidents should do.

It’s always the things they never did when they had the White House and congressional majorities.

Every if now and then one of them actually stumbles on a half-way good idea nothing ever happens.

When they get power they are too busy pursuing their ultra crazy leftist agenda to spend time on anything sensible.

[Mr. K]

"However, the official said there will be other proposals to increase competition in Medicare, likely using private sector players rather than Medicare directly negotiating prices."

Duhhhhhhhhhhh that's probably even better.

We've seen the deals the government 'negotiates'.

[Revolutionary]

Rediculous Medicare reimbursement rates are what caused the rapid rise in health care costs to begin with; thus providing an opening for Obama care. Huge example of cost shifting.