Trump on HMO's Sounds just like McCain's plan..

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...Trump promotes his painless method of financing health care with slogans such as "Don't get sick, get lucky!"

Health care 2001: gambling with health care finally pays off
April 1, 2001
By Gerald Klee, MD



The health care crisis is finally over. It ended when Donald Trump and the gambling industry took over from the insurance industry, Health care is now available to anyone who wants it, and it's free as long as you play For those who have not kept up with the rapid changes in health care' a short review of developments over the past few years may be helpful.

It turns out that the crisis was not really due to a shortage of health services or that it

cost too much. It was mostly over the amount of money that could be made and about who was going to get it. Nearly everyone agreed that doctors did not understand money and did not deserve to have it or even handle it. The public understood money even less and needed someone to manage it for them.

Politicians fought with the insurance industry for control and insurance companies battled with each other for market shares. It was like a bunch of dogs fighting over a bone. Some observers believed that a genuine health care crisis was actually created as the health care system was torn apart by the struggle. Everyone agreed that health care would never be the same

Insurance executives say they did a lot of good. Others aren't so sure lt is true that discipline was imposed on the system. Health care rationing was made palatable to the public by giving it different names. such as managed care health maintenance, capitation and free choice. Other names were changed. too. There were no more doctors or patients. They were relabeled providers and consumers. Doctors. nurses. social workers, technicians. and all other health care workers were lumped together as '-providers.'' This made them interchangeable and saved a lot of money that could go into profits for the insurance companies. As consumers, patients were empowered to make choices between health care packages without understanding the contents.

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1. Trump thinks everyone's an ass but himself.