But this ideological exercise in futility has already done great damage to the health care system. 1, the Senate’s health care bill — which would have stripped 22 million people of their health insurance and increased premiums for older Americans and those with pre-existing conditions — collapsed Monday. So far, Mr. Trump is viewing health care policy through the same narrow lens he uses for everything: his political standing. In counties with no insurers, Congress could require the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to offer coverage. State governments, working with the Trump administration, could create reinsurance programs to reduce the risk that insurers would lose money because of a few very sick patients.

Source: New York Times July 19, 2017 00:22 UTC