Bessent Says Health-Care Announcement Coming This Week

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Bloomberg

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(Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is working on bringing down US health-care costs and an announcement to address the issue is planned for this week.

“We believe health care’s going to come down,” Bessent said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press in response to a question about Vice President JD Vance asking Americans for “a little bit of patience” as the White House works out a plan to address the cost of living.

“We will see an announcement this coming week on that,” he said.

Trump said last week he hopes to secure a plan by Jan. 30 to address an impending surge in health insurance premiums caused by subsidies that expire at end-2025. Democrats secured victories in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey this month after campaigning on affordability, adding pressure on the White House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bessent-says-health-care-announcement-coming-this-week/ar-AA1QZC4x

[bucolic_frolic]

1. A turkey, a bottle of vitamins, and $125 a month to solve a $48,000 problem

This to soothe Thanksgiving dinner table discussions.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Yes, indeed... health care is going to 'come down' because they are hellbent on destroying it.

[Skittles]

4. yup

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I too noticed he said HEALTHCARE and not HEALTHCARE COSTS.

[Skittles]

5. yup

I too noticed he said HEALTHCARE and not HEALTHCARE COSTS.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. I predict it will be something extremely lame and not even close to solving the problem.

[groundloop]

9. Hopefully that's all there is to it ..... more than likely they'll fuck us all over.

[lonely bird]

10. Well...

Something extremely complex, impossible to put into place followed closely by lame and ineffective. But it will be beautiful and tremendous and every other stupid adjective that pours out of the Apricot Appeaser’s mouth.

[Karma13612]

17. Exactly-

Another patch kit for a bike tire puncture to fix a shredded tire on an 18-wheeler.

[Jacson6]

6. The new US health care strategy. If you get sick you die. n/t

[belpejic]

7. Bessent is such a filthy liar.

I don't know why anyone takes him seriously. His word is even less reliable than TACO's.

[wolfie001]

8. Incoming shit-sandwich for Americans

rePUKEs don't GAF about Americans and their health. That's why they made that crypt-keeping lunatic the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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[mdbl]

11. One of the first steps,, downgrading the nursing classification at the DOE

It is no longer considered a professional degree.

https://www.nurse.com/blog/nursing-no-longer-classified-as-a-professional-degree-whats-at-stake/

They probably think the pay will go down if they do this. That's how they will be lowering the cost of healthcare. One salary at a time.

[Karma13612]

18. If they think that hard working

RN’s are going to stand for that, they have another thing coming.

Canada is very happy to take medical care professionals. They will welcome them with open arms.

And oversees to other countries as well.

We thought we had a resource crisis in healthcare before? You ain't seen nothing yet!

[travelingthrulife]

21. I think they will flood nursing with unqualified people. We are very short handed after

Covid burned everybody out.

All the MAHA people think they are better at it. After all, they sell vitamins and do all sorts of health counseling...like take Ivermectin for prostate ca.

[thesquanderer]

12. Well if 2 weeks means never, then I guess this week could mean half way to never. Progress. (n/t)

[neverforget]

13. A concept of an announcement during Thanksgiving week?

[area51]

14. Couch boy asked Americans for "a little bit of patience".

OH HELL, NO.

They've had over ten years to come up with an idea, an alternative to the ACA.

F them.

[travelingthrulife]

22. They will never have a real plan because they only want you to pay for your own insurance

...from somewhere...as Traitor Trump would say.

That is their plan.

[bmichaelh]

15. Trump put my health at risk during his first term

Trump does not understand the complexities of healthcare, especially cancer care.

Trump has cancelled cancer research.

I was first diagnosed with follicular lymphoma in 1990.
It returned in 2002 and 2019 as a more aggressive lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

This is something he does not consider.
The aggressiveness of cancer and prior treatments sometimes do not work.

When my returned in 2019, I went through 4 different treatments over 2 years; all failed.
We in fact tried a treatment that worked in 2002; but in 2019, it failed.

I was able to achieve complete remission in 2022 due to 3 factors:
Trump's attempted repeal of ACA failed. Although, I get my insurance through my employer; it protects me against lifetime limits.
A new treatment was approved by FDA in 2020; I started treatment in 2021.
My healthcare provider denied payment of the new drug but was successfully appealed.

[travelingthrulife]

23. Congrats on your remission and hope for success with the new treatment.

[Karma13612]

16. More lame excuses and promises

#1) Do they even have a CLUE that the Medicare Enrollment period ends Dec 7th.
#2) Are they aware that the ACA enrollment ends about a week or so later?
#3) Securing a 2026 plan by Jan 30th of 2026 is laughable both in logistics and in light of the deadlines. Does that mean we all have to reassess the plans? Or if we signed up for an expensive plan that we are stuck with it?

No details, no acknowledgment of the actual workings of the current system makes me very hesitant to feel hopeful.

[Javaman]

19. no matter what it is, it will cost us more and give us less. nt

[travelingthrulife]

24. Guaranteed. And the insurance execs will all be multi-millionaires.

[lark]

20. Junk policies that cover nothing is what they are pushing, total corporate scams designed to kill us.

There will be nothing good in it!

I'm so freaking relieved that our son finally got a job that included insurance - so he's not reliant on trumps' ACA anymore. He will be able to get his physical problems fixed, which is so badly needed!

[ck4829]

25. The accouncement... "In two weeks"

[BumRushDaShow]

26. Maybe or maybe not!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143571392

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Health care and cost of living

72 hour fast each week. Austerity diet. No calories, no spending. Get thin and save money!

[multigraincracker]

28. TACO this week.