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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (131566)	3/6/2017 7:37:51 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218584

Hillary Clinton tried to ram through a single-payer system in 1993 and 1994 which was primarily opposed by insurers, pharma firms, hospitals and others they call the "deep state". It would have been remarkably sad to see Obama try to do the same thing again hoping for different results. Instead Obama worked skillfully to create a consensus which was sufficient to create the Affordable Care Act which markedly better than the system it replaced. Trump thought he had a better scheme paid for with Medicaid cuts until he met with the CEOs of insurance companies and medical providers and all of America's Republican Governors. Trump came to the sudden realization that virtually all of these system participants opposed his scheme. So Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are back to the drawing board funding TrumpCare by making employer provided health benefits taxable income for employees. Trump and Ryan may run into some opposition from working Trump voters who object to a major increase in their income taxes - but I may be wrong. Former Speaker of the House John Boehner, having been through this process once already says "Paul Ryan and Trump will make a few minor changes in ObamaCare, wrap it up in "a conservative box" and congratulate themselves." The "conservative box" appears to consist of changing some words like calling the "government mandate" a "steep premium surcharge" for irresponsible people who initially refuse to buy and maintain medical insurance. Losing access to your long time Doctor will be called "network choice" and government premium subsidies for families earning less than $95,000 annually will be called the "Premium Rewards Program for Responsible Conservatives."