Key Highlights
- The plan does not include a remedy for people who buy their health insurance on Healthcare. gov, some of whom are facing sky-high premium hikes this month.
- Trump dubbed the ideas "The Great Healthcare Plan." According to a White House fact sheet and a press call hosted by Medicare and Medicaid chief Dr.
- Mehmet Oz, the planned legislation, which the administration is asking Congress to develop, has four pillars: Drug price reformsHealth insurance reformsPrice transparency for health costsFraud protections and safeguards Asked for specific policy details, Oz said it was a "broad framework" and referred further questions to a White House official who spoke not for attribution.
- The official also did not provide detailed answers to reporters' questions, but did say that this future legislation would not replace other possible laws.
- Both Oz and Trump talked about the plan as if it is a replacement for the ACA, but the proposals are much narrower in scope than that law that passed with no Republican votes in 2010.
