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Seems like a single payor system might solve some of the problems...and create some new ones.. Trump needs to address this fear very soon as it impacts so many

• wahern 10y ago
  At the end of the day Congress controls policy, not the President. The Republicans control both houses of Congress, and a single-payer system is even more anathema to Republicans than Obamacare. The Democrats can stonewall, but that has it's limits. While the Democrats might be able to forestall the complete erasure of Obamacare, the individual mandate is certain to get the axe. Without the mandate, the insurance system will fold unless Congress funds the losses, forcing the Democrats hand. There's no reason to think Trump would oppose this or any similar scenario. And even if Trump wanted single-payer, it's simply not possible. No Republican Congress would pass that, at least not in the foreseeable future. For 6 years they've made it clear they'd sooner see the country burn than even acquiesce to Obamacare, let alone promulgate something more radical to their current political ideology.