US President Donald Trump has warned the Democrat Party's vision of Medicare for All would cost $32.6 trillion in its first 10 years and rob seniors of the health care they have worked all their lives to build up. Dubbing it "Medicare for None" and a "government takeover of American health care", Trump said the single-payer system would replace all private and employer-based health care plans, as well as Medicare Advantage plans, leading to less choice for seniors and the "massive rationing of health care". Trump accused the Democrats of "gutting" Medicare to the tune of $800 billion to fund Obamacare, and pushing the country towards socialism, a system he said had brought "suffering, misery and decay" to virtually every country where it had been tried. The president also claimed that his plan was not "socialism" but rather "a new way forward" which would allow Americans "to choose how much healthcare we want to buy". He also warned the party's "absolute commitment to end enforcement of our immigration laws" would lead to more pressure put on the health care system by illegal immigrants, with seniors’ Medicare budgets at risk of cuts if it happened.
US President Donald Trump has warned the Democrat Party's vision of Medicare for All would cost $32.6 trillion in its first 10 years and rob seniors of the health care they have worked all their lives to build up. Dubbing it "Medicare for None" and a "government takeover of American health care", Trump said the single-payer system would replace all private and employer-based health care plans, as well as Medicare Advantage plans, leading to less choice for seniors and the "massive rationing of health care". Trump accused the Democrats of "gutting" Medicare to the tune of $800 billion to fund Obamacare, and pushing the country towards socialism, a system he said had brought "suffering, misery and decay" to virtually every country where it had been tried. The president added he had kept his election pledges of "protecting coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions and creating new health care insurance options that would lower premiums” and derided the Democrat support for an "anti-senior, anti-choice and anti-consumer proposal". He also warned the party's "absolute commitment to end enforcement of our immigration laws" would lead to more pressure put on the health care system by illegal immigrants, with seniors’ Medicare budgets at risk of cuts if it happened.