Robert Laszewski, Contributor

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Trump Calls for Making Permanent Cuts to Both the Medicare and Social Security Payroll Taxes

Trumps wants to make permanent cuts to the Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes. But, both the Medicare and Social Security trust funds are running out of money. That is projected by the Congressional Budget Office to happen for Medicare in 2025 …

That’s a Fine Fiscal Mess They’ve Gotten Us Into–Fiscal Irresponsibility Hard Hearted Republicans

We are about to wake up to a massive debt that will come due and ultimately have to be financed with real interest rates and a main street economy now in tatters while Republicans are quibbling about paying a few party boys and girls too much in unempl…

Is the Federal Government Prepared to Give 300 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Injections in Early 2021?

After watching our federal government constantly playing from behind these past few months, I don’t see any evidence the White House is thinking about the logistics necessary to vaccinate everyone in America–or the world.

Will the Trump Administration’s Coronavirus Testing Snafus Be Their Version of the Obamacare Launch?

Maybe somebody should point out to Trump that he now has the big boy job and people are dying of coronavirus.

Why Obamacare Supporters Should Favor the Trump Administration’s Medicaid Block Grant Proposal

In my mind, the people that are opposing the Trump administration’s block grant proposals are letting their ideology stand in the way of millions of people becoming eligible for substantial, if not optimal, Medicaid benefits.

Profitability in the Health Care Market Has Never Been Better

Health care industry profits have never been better while those in the Obamacare individual health insurance market suffer with extraordinarily high premiums.

Enrollment and Cost Estimates for the Biden, Buttigieg, Warren, and Sanders Health Plans

Taking this report at face value, Buttigieg would appear to offer voters the best bang for their buck––Buttigieg covers almost as many people as Sanders and Warren and does so as the only candidate that pays for his program.

Republican Health Care Reform: The Congressional Republicans’ Irrational Opposition to Medicaid

Congressional Republicans have consistently, if not unanimously, opposed Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid.

Their opposition is irrational.

Biden, Bloomberg, and Buttigieg Have the Health Insurance Plans That Can Become Law and Will Work

Of all of the 2020 candidates for President, only Biden, Bloomberg and Buttigieg have health care plans that have a realistic chance of becoming law––and fixing the health insurance system

The Trump and Republican 2020 Health Care Plan

But based upon their 2017 Obamacare repeal and replace efforts, as well as a major document recently issued by the House Republican Study Committee, what might a Republican plan look like?