Vox - Trump keeps giving interviews about a health bill that doesn't exist

[TomCADem]

I guess the new strategy is to just lie about the bill. Heck, why not describe it as single payer without any tax increases, since we are just making shit up.

https://www.vox.com/health-care/2017/5/1/15508248/voxcare-trump-ahca-interviews

In the span of two days, President Trump has given two interviews about a health care bill that does not seem to exist.

Trump told both CBS and Bloomberg about his desire to pass a bill that protects Americans with preexisting conditions.

"I want it to be good for sick people," he told Bloomberg. "It is not in its final form right now. It will be every bit as good on pre-existing conditions as Obamacare."

I don't know what bill he's talking about, but it is certainly not the current Republican health care bill. As I wrote yesterday, the Republicans just revised the American Health Care Act last week to weaken protections for those with preexisting conditions. In order to win Freedom Caucus support, they added a provision that would give states a waiver from the requirement that sick people be charged the same premiums as healthy people.

[procon]

1. If it's "every bit as good as Obamacare", then why not keep the original? nt