Thursday, January 19, 2017
We can just imagine what's in it
Just when you thought the Trump "administration" could not get any crookeder or sleazier, along come the bald headed king of Southern sleaze, Rick Scott, Governor of Florida. And out of the goodness of his heart, the world's biggest Medicare fraud has offered to work on the Republican chimera to replace the Affordable Care Act.
Kicking off a series of meetings with incoming Trump administration officials, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday he hopes to help them devise a less costly alternative to Obamacare.While, as usual, failing to provide any details, given Gov. Scott's history it is a fair guess that any plan he comes up with will include unlimited painkiller prescriptions and abundant opportunities for billing fraud for the common man.
Scott said he’s talking with Donald Trump every week or two while working closely with Rep. Tom Price, the president-elect’s choice to run the government agency that oversees Medicaid, Medicare and the landmark 2010 health-insurance law.
Mirroring previous comments by Trump himself, Scott indicated that the two men are not looking to repeal the entire law, unlike some fellow Republican members of Congress.
“I’ve spent quite a bit of time already with Congressman Price, who I’ve known for a long time, to try to come up with a plan to repeal what doesn’t work and to replace it with something that’s going to drive down costs and improve access,” Scott told reporters in Washington.
Despite being asked several times for specifics of a replacement plan, Scott did not provide any.
Trump said over the weekend that any plan he and Congress devise to replace Obamacare should cover everyone, a stance at odds with many GOP lawmakers.
At a Senate health committee confirmation hearing, Price also appeared to back off from complete repeal, at least immediately, of a law that has helped 20 million Americans gain insurance in the last nearly seven years.
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