WaPo Fact-Checker: Trump Op-Ed Has a Falsehood in Nearly Every Sentence
Source: DAILYBEAST
3 hours ago
REUTERS / Leah Millis
The Washington Posts fact-check team reported Wednesday that almost every sentence in Trumps opinion article for USA Today contains a misleading statement or a falsehood. The op-ed, which states Democrats Medicare for All plan will demolish promises to seniors, contains previously debunked claims, the publication states. Presumably the president is aware of our fact checkshe even links to onebut chose to ignore the facts in service of a campaign-style op-ed, the article states. The Post article dissects the presidents piece line-by-line, correcting his claims along the way. Trump did get one thing right. According to the newspaper, Trump correctly stated that Medicare studies have estimated that the programunder the version promoted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)would add $36 trillion in costs to the federal government over 10 years.
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Fact-checking President Trumps USA Today op-ed on Medicare-for-All
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/10/fact-checking-president-trumps-usa-today-op-ed-medicare-for-all/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7de36d10d40a
Nearly every line of President Trump's USA Today op-ed contained a false or misleading statement. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
By Glenn Kessler
October 10 at 11:21 AM
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Many of these are claims we have already debunked. Presumably, the president is aware of our fact checks he even links to two but chose to ignore the facts in service of a campaign-style op-ed. Medicare-for-All is a complex subject, and serious questions could be raised about the cost and how a transition from todays health-care system would be financed. Trump correctly notes that studies have estimated that the program under the version promoted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would add $36 trillion in costs to the federal government over 10 years.
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As a candidate, I promised that we would protect coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions and create new health care insurance options that would lower premiums. I have kept that promise, and we are now seeing health insurance premiums coming down.
Trump made this promise, but broke it. He supported Republican plans that would have weakened protections for individuals with preexisting conditions. His administration also has refused to defend the Affordable Care Act against a lawsuit that would undermine those protections. In effect, the Trump administration no longer supports a provision of the ACA, a.k.a. Obamacare, that makes it possible for people to buy insurance if they have preexisting health conditions. (We labeled this as a flip-flop.)
As for premiums, they have continued to increase on average, just at a lower rate than in the past. But experts say that without Trumps moves to weaken the Affordable Care Act, premiums would be even lower in many states..............................
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)I HATE that people give this joke of a newspaper their time and attention.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)thegoose
(3,115 posts)Asshole doesn't write -- or read.
JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)It doesn't even sound like something he would say or know about. More like Stephen Miller.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Their very own republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief, perfect choice for the party of lies.
djacq
(1,633 posts)Have both TriCare and Blue Cross / Blue Shield.
One healthcare plan is going to drop.
wiggs
(7,788 posts)Grasswire2
(13,564 posts)The Mouth
(3,123 posts)IronLionZion
(45,256 posts)he normally tries for 100% falsehoods
angrychair
(8,593 posts)This is out of context and outright mischaracterization of the facts.
We will currently spend more than that for healthcare.
It also doesnt consider costs coming down in a Medicare for all plan
Demovictory9
(32,323 posts)SKKY
(11,771 posts)As we get closer to the mid-terms, the Republics are becoming less and less tethered to the truth.