Trump Readies Healthcare Plan
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Americans can expect an announcement from the Trump administration this week on its plan to reduce healthcare costs.
While details are scarce, President Trump has indicated on several occasions that he wants to send healthcare funds “directly to you, the people” rather than insurance companies.
Trump has also said a plan should be in place by Jan. 30, with healthcare costs expected to surge in 2026 to their highest levels in 15 years. Payment of healthcare subsidies for insurance was a central point of conflict in the 40-day government shutdown.
What will the fix be this time? Will this be yet another “Fix it until it’s more broken?“
Meanwhile back in the hinterlands a revolution is brewing. A small but growing band of health care revolutionaries have found ways to fix health care despite onerous government guardrails set to discourage innovation and independence of action. Common sense, reason and logic is the foundation of their success.
Seizing ACA loopholes to their advantage, operating in grey areas where the ACA police are nowhere to be found, and bypassing deep pocketed status quo operators these renegades have beaten medical trend. They have cut health care costs by 50% and more, gifting back better benefits by removing most financial barriers to health care. They operate under the pretense “It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”
Politicians in Washington, free from the shackles of term limits, tied to deep pocketed status quo operators driving 20% of the GDP, are hard put to abandon reelection resources while pandering to their electorate at the same time.
Will it be any different this time around?
