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Trump And Clinton’s Healthcare Debate Was No Contest

October 19, 2016

Donald Trump’s penchant for brusque remarks came in handy during the second presidential debate, eight days ago.

When the discussion turned to the president’s health law, the GOP candidate’s message was clear: “Obamacare is a disaster. You know it. We all know it.” Only Hillary’s own spouse put it better, when he called Obamacare “the craziest thing in the world.”

For her part, [Hillary] Clinton strained to portray Obamacare as a mostly successful reform, promising to “fix what’s broken“ about the law and “save what works.” In reality, her plan would simply repeat the most disastrous mistakes of Obamacare — saddling insurers with new mandates and regulations and American patients with higher coverage costs and less choice.

Trump’s healthcare reform plan has flaws of its own. But if it’s a choice between Trump’s imperfect healthcare vision and Clinton’s delusional one, there’s no contest.

Read the full article at Forbes.com: Trump And Clinton's Healthcare Debate Was No Contest