Trump’s Health Reform Pitch Includes Several Falsehoods
Trump’s Health Reform Pitch Includes Several Falsehoods
By LINDA QIU The New York Times
After efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act collapsed, President Trump pressed Republican lawmakers to keep their seven-year promise by demonstrating a sales pitch they could use: point out the flaws of the current law and “sell our plan.”
Mr. Trump conflated data about health care premiums, selectively chose the largest increases, and falsely suggested they were representative.
Mr. Trump kicked off the meeting with an indictment of premium increases under President Barack Obama’s health care law: “In Alaska, they went up over 200 percent recently. In Arizona, they’ve been up 118 percent. And those states are good compared to some of the numbers coming out.”
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By LINDA QIU The New York Times
After efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act collapsed, President Trump pressed Republican lawmakers to keep their seven-year promise by demonstrating a sales pitch they could use: point out the flaws of the current law and “sell our plan.”
Mr. Trump conflated data about health care premiums, selectively chose the largest increases, and falsely suggested they were representative.
Mr. Trump kicked off the meeting with an indictment of premium increases under President Barack Obama’s health care law: “In Alaska, they went up over 200 percent recently. In Arizona, they’ve been up 118 percent. And those states are good compared to some of the numbers coming out.”
READ MORE: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/tr...
