Trump unveils a health care plan aimed at lowering costs

"The cornerstone is his proposal to send money directly to Americans for health savings accounts so they can handle insurance and health costs as they see fit. Democrats have rejected the idea as a paltry substitute for the tax credits that had helped lower monthly premiums for many people."

""The government is going to pay the money directly to you," Trump said in a taped video the White House released to announce the plan. "It goes to you and then you take the money and buy your own health care.""

"Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, described it to reporters on a telephone briefing as a "framework that we believe will help Congress create legislation.""

President Donald Trump unveiled an outline of a health care plan aimed at giving Congress a framework to act on as Republicans face pressure to address rising health costs after subsidies expired. The plan centers on sending money directly to Americans for health savings accounts so individuals can manage insurance and health expenses. It emphasizes lowering drug prices and requiring insurers to disclose costs, revenues, rejected claims and wait times. Democrats criticized the HSA payments as an inadequate replacement for prior tax credits that lowered premiums. Administration officials described the proposal as a framework lacking many specifics.

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