Trump's Vision For Healthcare

What about Donald Trump's vision for healthcare? Trump is staunchly opposed to Obamacare, noting that "premiums have skyrocketed", "deductibles are going up", and "people are going without needed medical care because they can’t afford these amounts". As such, he has made it clear that he plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act. 

What is Trump planning to replace a system that many citizens are ultimately unhappy about with? While he has noted that he plans to work with "Congress to create a patient-centered health care system that promotes choice, quality, and affordability", Trump's vision for healthcare is essentially one of marketizing it:

• His website states that Obamacare should be "replaced" with Health Savings Accounts, which already exist. They are essentially tax-favorable savings accounts that can exclusively be used to pay for healthcare expenses. In order to qualify for a HSA, you must currently be enrolled in a High-Deductible Health Plan. These policies are there for people with serious injuries or illnesses, and before paying into one, people must have met their annual deductible.
• "Creating a dynamic market" by making it possible tor people to purchase insurance policies across state lines, within any of the 50 states.

He has also criticized Clinton for offering "insurance to illegal aliens". As far as reproductive rights for women are concerned, Trump has changed his stance a multitude of times, ranging from taking a pro-choice stance in the past to more recently saying that "there has to be some form of punishment". For the woman?

In either case, Trump's latest stated views on abortion are restrictive. Trump does, on the other hand, support the accessibility of birth control without a prescription.

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The Rand Corp has estimated that an additional 20.3 people would be uninsured as the result of Trumps admittedly bare-bones healthcare plan. It would also cost an estimated $270 billion over the course of a decade. While Trump has a stated policy of working "to establish high-risk pools to ensure access to coverage for individuals who have not maintained continuous coverage", it is also not clear how he will accomplish this.

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SteadyHealth is able to offer less in the way of a substantial idea of what your healthcare might look like should Trump be elected president, because his officially published plans have less to offer in the way of a substantial idea of what your healthcare might look like. Clinton's healthcare policies are, on the other hand, well developed. All we can do right now is compare what the two candidates have to say, side by side, and make our own conclusions. The rest remains to be seen.