Trumpcare a mixture of socialism and incoherence

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Now that Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire primary and proved himself as a legitimate threat to win the Republican nomination, it’s time to take a serious look at his policy proposals. When it comes to healthcare, Trump hasn’t had much to say of substance, but the policy pronouncements we have gotten from him are a mix of socialism and incoherence.

For decades, Trump has shown a soft spot for socialized medicine. In his 2000 book The America We Deserve, Trump described himself as a “liberal” on healthcare and suggested the U.S. should look to Canada’s socialist system as a “prototype.” During a Republican presidential debate, he said the socialist systems in Canada and Scotland worked well.

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