Trump Administration Admits ‘Insurance Is Not Really The End Goal’ Of Trumpcare

Honesty from Washington is generally a refreshing thing, but in this case it’s sort of frightening. The Trump administration’s White House Budget Director admitted that Trump ‘insurance is not really the end goal’ of the Republican health plan. An admission like that can really only lead to one conclusion, the goal of the Republican plan is to take away insurance.

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mark Halperin asked Mick Mulvaney, Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget director, for a “range of estimate of how many fewer people will have health insurance” under the Republican replacement for Obamacare.

“We’re looking at it in a different way, Mark, because insurance is not really the end goal here, is it?” Mulvaney responded.

“It’s one of the conservatives’ – one of the Republicans’ complaints about the Affordable Care Act from the very beginning: It was a great way to get insurance and a lousy way to actually be able to go to the doctor.”

This is a fancy argument that Republicans have been using lately, but the truth is that their plan does nothing to help people afford to see a doctor and at the same time will put millions of people at risk of losing their insurance.

It’s important to note that Trump has said that his goal is, “Insurance for everybody … Much less expensive and much better.”