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> I would like to see a reference to Hillary promising to add dental coverage to Obamacare. Thanks in advance. Can't give that, sorry. I wanted to specifically
by pnathan 9y ago
> I would like to see a reference to Hillary promising to add dental coverage to Obamacare. Thanks in advance.
Can't give that, sorry. I wanted to specifically provide the high-level claims Hillary was making, as GP couldn't recall her promises. My source is the campaign promise book, Stronger Together. Dental is not mentioned in the area I surveyed.
A more policy oriented remark by HRC is found here:
> We need to address the lack of access to primary health care, dental care, and mental health care by catalyzing partnerships between public health departments, health care systems, and community-based organizations. As we do, we must promote integrated mental health care, and enforce insurance coverage parity requirements to ensure that mental health care is not siloed.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb1612292 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb1612292
Clearly dental was not a headline coverage promise, unfortunately. I'm not sure it would have mattered....
With respect to Trump's promise:
> DAVID MUIR: Let me ask you, Mr. President, about another promise involving Obamacare to repeal it. And you told The Washington Post that your plan to replace Obamacare will include insurance for everybody. That sounds an awful lot like universal coverage.
> PRESIDENT TRUMP: It's going to be -- what my plan is is that I wanna take care of everybody. I'm not gonna leave the lower 20 percent that can't afford insurance. Just so you understand people talk about Obamacare. And I told the Republicans this, the best thing we could do is nothing for two years, let it explode. And then we'll go in and we'll do a new plan and -- and the Democrats will vote for it. Believe me.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-anchor-david-muir-interviews-president/story?id=45047602 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-anchor-da...
- droithomme 9y agoThank you, I appreciate that reference. To summarize my reading, Ms. Clinton's statement to the NEJM does in fact show what has been claimed, that dental coverage was to be considered as part of ACA improvements Ms. Clinton wanted to work on. She even discusses dental specifically in a letter discussing how to "Improve the ACA". On the other hand, Mr. Trump's statements likewise don't seem to specifically support addressing problems with dental coverage and accessibility. Therefore it is reasonable to take the position that the election of Trump did in fact reduce the chances of improving dental care in the US, is it was part of Ms. Clinton's plan, but not Mr. Trump's.
- pnathan 9y agoI believe Trump made some pretty grandiose promises. Now, he may have intended in good faith to follow through, but he harnessed his star to the Republican party, which has systematically opposed Obamacare since it was announced. Therefore, unless Trump decides to be genuinely maverick and jump to the Democratic policies, it will be unfortunately unlikely that his promises would be followed through. I'm kind of curious to see if Trump does that - many of the desperate voters profiled in the original article voted for him on that kind of basis.