17:26“TrumpCare” does not exist – this has not stopped some firms from advertising insurance products under this banner, according to a new report from Axios. A woman holds a sign during a Senate Democrat’s press conference on Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare. Often, firms selling Trumpcare sell short-term, bare bones insurance coverage likely to leave patients under-covered, Axios found. Since the president failed to repeal Obamacare legislatively, most of the work he has done on healthcare has happened through arcane rule changes. America’s private healthcare system means under-covered patients can be left with thousands, and in some cases hundreds of thousands, of dollars in medical debt.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2019 13:21 UTC