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Here are all the times Trump said his healthcare plan was 'coming very soon' since 2017
10.23.20
Since he first ran for the presidency, Donald Trump has been on a mission to destroy the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Whether he attacks the plan that made health insurance available to more than 20 million Americans because he genuinely understands it and doesn't like it or because it's something that Obama did is unclear, but either way, getting rid of it has been on his agenda for four years.
(Now might be a good time to remind people that the bones of the Affordable Care Act were built by Republican Mitt Romney, whose Massachusetts healthcare reform during his time as Governor served as a model for Obamacare.)
Trump's promises to take down Obamacare have been accompanied by promises to replace it with something better. After all, if you take away a healthcare law that protects people with pre-existing conditions and makes health insurance available to millions who couldn't afford it, you have to put something in its place or you literally put people's lives at risk.
The president appears to know this, because he keeps saying he's got a healthcare plan coming. The best healthcare. The most tremendous healthcare. Fantastic. Terrific. A big, beautiful plan the likes of which the world has never seen before. And it's coming soon. Very soon. So very soon. Within two weeks, he's said several different times, many months apart.
Biden pointed out at last night's debate that Trump has no plan for healthcare, and Trump again repeated what he's been saying since at least January 2017. The Lincoln Project compiled these claims in one video, and even though we've heard them before, it's striking to see almost four years of promises condensed into a minute and fifteen seconds.
<div id="bbf2c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="32c3021b4493080eb2d5d7aeaf008279"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1319656235981959169" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Trump’s healthcare plan is around the corner. https://t.co/jCTUF9TjoQ</div> — The Lincoln Project (@The Lincoln Project)<a href="https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/statuses/1319656235981959169">1603465539.0</a></blockquote></div><p>How long can a president say something is coming "very soon" and not make it happen? Apparently, an entire presidential term. Neato.</p><p>What's extra odd is that this mystery healthcare plan is also being peddled by spokespeople in his administration, with some rather hilarious optics to go along with it. Trump's press secretary Kayleigh McEnany handed 60 Minutes journalist Leslie Stahl a staggeringly thick hardcover book, and a photo shared by the president himself showed Stahl opening it to an empty page. Jokes ensued about the entire book being blank, and since America hasn't been given the opportunity to see it, nobody really knows what's in it. </p><p>We do, however, have Trump's September 24 <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-america-first-healthcare-plan/" target="_blank">"Executive Order on an America-First Healthcare Plan."</a> In it he dedicated nearly 3600 words to things his administration has done regarding healthcare (such as eliminating the ACA individual mandate, lowering drug prices, and increasing telehealth accessibility during the pandemic) and less than 500 words outlining his objectives for the future (which can basically be summed up as "make healthcare affordable and provide choice" <a 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Healthcare.gov.%20%20For%202020,%20the%20average%20benchmark%20premium%20dropped%20by%20nearly%204%20percent.%20%20After%20the%20prior%20Administration%20spent%20tens%20of%20billions%20of%20dollars%20creating%20electronic%20health%20records%20systems%20unable%20to%20accurately%20or%20effectively%20record%20and%20communicate%20patient%20data,%20my%20Administration%20has%20paved%20the%20way%20for%20a%20new%20wave%20of%20innovation%20to%20allow%20patients%20to%20safely%20send%20their%20own%20medical%20records%20to%20care%20providers%20of%20their%20choosing.%20%20My%20Patients%20over%20Paperwork%20initiative%20has%20cut%20red%20tape%20for%20doctors%20and%20nurses%20so%20they%20can%20spend%20more%20time%20with%20their%20patients,%20which%20the%20Centers%20for%20Medicare%20and%20Medicaid%20Services%20(CMS)%20within%20the%20Department%20of%20Health%20and%20Human%20Services%20(HHS)%20has%20estimated%20to%20save%20over%2040%20million%20hours%20of%20wasted%20time%20for%20providers%20and%20suppliers%20between%202017%20and%202021.%20%20(b)%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20been%20ceaseless%20in%20its%20efforts%20to%20lower%20costs%20to%20make%20healthcare%20more%20affordable%20for%20American%20patients.%20%20Under%20my%20tenure,%20prescription%20drugs%20saw%20their%20largest%20annual%20price%20decrease%20in%20nearly%20half%20a%20century.%20%20For%20three%20consecutive%20years,%20we%20have%20approved%20a%20record%20number%20of%20generic%20drugs.%20%20The%20Council%20of%20Economic%20Advisers%20has%20estimated%20that%20these%20approvals%20saved%20patients%20%2426%20billion%20in%20the%20first%2018%20months%20of%20my%20Administration%20alone.%20%20As%20part%20of%20the%20Further%20Consolidated%20Appropriations%20Act,%202020,%20I%20signed%20into%20law%20the%20Creating%20and%20Restoring%20Equal%20Access%20to%20Equivalent%20Samples%20Act,%20which%20will%20pave%20the%20way%20for%20even%20more%20generic%20drugs%20and%20is%20projected%20to%20save%20taxpayers%20%243.3%20billion%20from%202019%20to%202029.%20%20CMS%20has%20acted%20to%20offer%20Medicare%20beneficiaries%20prescription%20drug%20plans%20with%20the%20option%20of%20insulin%20capped%20at%20%2435%20in%20out-of-pocket%20expenses%20for%20a%2030-day%20supply.%20%20We%20are%20also%20reducing%20Government%20payments%20to%20overcharging%20hospitals%20participating%20in%20the%20340B%20Drug%20Pricing%20Program%20by%20instead%20paying%20rates%20that%20more%20accurately%20reflect%20the%20hospitals%E2%80%99%20acquisition%20costs,%20which%20CMS%20estimated%20would%20save%20Medicare%20beneficiaries%20%24320%20million%20on%20copayments%20for%20drugs%20alone.%20%20As%20a%20result%20of%20Executive%20Order%2013937%20of%20July%2024,%202020%20(Access%20to%20Affordable%20Life-Saving%20Medications),%20low-income%20Americans%20who%20receive%20care%20from%20a%20federally%20qualified%20health%20center%20will%20have%20access%20to%20insulin%20and%20injectable%20epinephrine%20at%20prices%20lower%20than%20ever%20before.%20%20Under%20Executive%20Order%2013938%20of%20July%2024,%202020%20(Increasing%20Drug%20Importation%20to%20Lower%20Prices%20for%20American%20Patients),%20my%20Administration%20will%20be%20the%20first%20to%20complete%20a%20rulemaking%20to%20authorize%20the%20safe%20importation%20of%20certain%20lower-cost%20prescription%20drugs%20from%20Canada.%20%20Pursuant%20to%20Executive%20Order%2013939%20of%20July%2024,%202020%20(Lowering%20Prices%20for%20Patients%20by%20Eliminating%20Kickbacks%20to%20Middlemen),%20my%20Administration%20is%20taking%20action%20to%20eliminate%20wasteful%20payments%20to%20middlemen%20by%20passing%20drug%20discounts%20through%20to%20patients%20at%20the%20pharmacy%20counter%20without%20increasing%20premiums%20for%20beneficiaries%20or%20cost%20to%20Federal%20taxpayers.%20%20And%20my%20Administration%20is%20taking%20action%20to%20ensure%20that%20Medicare%20patients%20receive%20the%20lowest%20price%20that%20drug%20companies%20offer%20comparable%20foreign%20nations%20through%20Executive%20Order%2013948%20of%20September%2013,%202020%20(Lowering%20Drug%20Prices%20by%20Putting%20America%20First).%20%20As%20part%20of%20the%20Further%20Consolidated%20Appropriations%20Act,%202020,%20I%20also%20signed%20into%20law%20the%20repeal%20of%20the%20medical%20device%20tax,%20the%20annual%20fee%20on%20health-insurance%20providers,%20and%20the%20%E2%80%9CCadillac%E2%80%9D%20tax%20on%20certain%20employer-sponsored%20health%20insurance,%20which%20threatened%20to%20dramatically%20increase%20the%20cost%20of%20healthcare%20for%20working%20families.%20%20My%20Administration%20is%20transforming%20the%20black-box%20hospital%20and%20insurance%20pricing%20systems%20to%20be%20transparent%20about%20price%20and%20quality.%20%20Regardless%20of%20health-insurance%20coverage,%20two%E2%80%91thirds%20of%20adults%20in%20America%20still%20worry%20about%20the%20threat%20of%20unexpected%20medical%20bills.%20%20This%20fear%20is%20the%20result%20of%20a%20system%20under%20which%20individuals%20and%20employers%20are%20unable%20to%20see%20how%20insurance%20companies,%20pharmacy%20benefit%20managers,%20insurance%20brokers,%20and%20providers%20are%20or%20will%20be%20paid.%20%20One%20major%20culprit%20is%20the%20practice%20of%20%E2%80%9Csurprise%20billing,%E2%80%9D%20in%20which%20a%20patient%20receives%20unexpected%20bills%20at%20highly%20inflated%20prices%20from%20providers%20who%20are%20not%20part%20of%20the%20patient%E2%80%99s%20insurance%20network,%20even%20if%20the%20patient%20was%20treated%20at%20a%20hospital%20that%20was%20part%20of%20the%20patient%E2%80%99s%20network.%20%20Patients%20can%20receive%20these%20bills%20despite%20having%20no%20opportunity%20to%20select%20around%20an%20out-of-network%20provider%20in%20advance.%20%20On%20May%209,%202019,%20I%20announced%20four%20principles%20to%20guide%20congressional%20efforts%20to%20prohibit%20exorbitant%20bills%20resulting%20from%20patients%E2%80%99%20accidentally%20or%20unknowingly%20receiving%20services%20from%20out-of-network%20physicians.%20%20Unfortunately,%20the%20Congress%20has%20failed%20to%20act,%20and%20patients%20remain%20vulnerable%20to%20surprise%20billing.%20%20In%20the%20absence%20of%20congressional%20action,%20my%20Administration%20has%20already%20taken%20strong%20and%20decisive%20action%20to%20make%20healthcare%20prices%20more%20transparent.%20%20On%20June%2024,%202019,%20I%20signed%20Executive%20Order%2013877%20(Improving%20Price%20and%20Quality%20Transparency%20in%20American%20Healthcare%20to%20Put%20Patients%20First),%20directing%20certain%20agencies%20%E2%80%94%20for%20the%20first%20time%20ever%20%E2%80%94%20to%20make%20sure%20patients%20have%20access%20to%20meaningful%20price%20and%20quality%20information%20prior%20to%20the%20delivery%20of%20care.%20%20Beginning%20January%201,%202021,%20hospitals%20will%20be%20required%20to%20publish%20their%20real%20price%20for%20every%20service,%20and%20publicly%20display%20in%20a%20consumer-friendly,%20easy-to-understand%20format%20the%20prices%20of%20at%20least%20300%20different%20common%20services%20that%20are%20able%20to%20be%20shopped%20for%20in%20advance.%20%20We%20have%20also%20taken%20some%20concrete%20steps%20to%20eliminate%20surprise%20out%E2%80%91of-network%20bills.%20%20For%20example,%20on%20April%2010,%202020,%20my%20Administration%20required%20providers%20to%20certify,%20as%20a%20condition%20of%20receiving%20supplemental%20COVID-19%20funding,%20that%20they%20would%20not%20seek%20to%20collect%20out-of-pocket%20expenses%20from%20a%20patient%20for%20treatment%20related%20to%20COVID-19%20in%20an%20amount%20greater%20than%20what%20the%20patient%20would%20have%20otherwise%20been%20required%20to%20pay%20for%20care%20by%20an%20in-network%20provider.%20%20These%20initiatives%20have%20made%20important%20progress,%20although%20additional%20efforts%20are%20necessary.%20%20Not%20all%20hospitals%20allow%20for%20surprise%20bills.%20%20But%20many%20do.%20%20Unfortunately,%20surprise%20billing%20has%20become%20sufficiently%20pervasive%20that%20the%20fear%20of%20receiving%20a%20surprise%20bill%20may%20dissuade%20patients%20from%20seeking%20appropriate%20care.%20%20And%20research%20suggests%20a%20correlation%20between%20hospitals%20that%20frequently%20allow%20surprise%20billing%20and%20increases%20in%20hospital%20admissions%20and%20imaging%20procedures,%20putting%20patients%20at%20risk%20of%20receiving%20unnecessary%20services,%20which%20can%20lead%20to%20physical%20harm%20and%20threatens%20the%20long-term%20financial%20sustainability%20of%20Medicare.%20%20Efforts%20to%20limit%20surprise%20billing%20and%20increase%20the%20number%20of%20providers%20participating%20in%20the%20same%20insurance%20network%20as%20the%20hospital%20in%20which%20they%20work%20would%20correspondingly%20streamline%20the%20ability%20of%20patients%20to%20receive%20care%20and%20reduce%20time%20spent%20on%20billing%20disputes.%20%20On%20May%2015,%202020,%20HHS%20released%20the%20Health%20Quality%20Roadmap%20to%20empower%20patients%20to%20make%20fully%20informed%20decisions%20about%20their%20healthcare%20by%20facilitating%20the%20availability%20of%20appropriate%20and%20meaningful%20price%20and%20quality%20information.%20%20These%20transformative%20actions%20will%20arm%20patients%20with%20the%20tools%20to%20be%20active%20and%20effective%20shoppers%20for%20healthcare%20services,%20enabling%20them%20to%20identify%20high-value%20providers%20and%20services,%20and%20ultimately%20place%20downward%20pressure%20on%20prices.%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20cracked%20down%20on%20waste,%20fraud,%20and%20abuse%20that%20direct%20valuable%20taxpayer%20resources%20away%20from%20those%20who%20need%20them%20most.%20%20My%20Administration%20implemented%20a%20%E2%80%9Csite%20neutral%E2%80%9D%20payment%20system%20between%20hospital%20outpatient%20departments%20and%20physicians%E2%80%99%20offices,%20to%20ensure%20Medicare%20beneficiaries%20are%20charged%20the%20same%20price%20for%20the%20same%20service%20regardless%20of%20where%20it%20takes%20place,%20which%20CMS%20estimates%20will%20save%20them%20approximately%20%24160%20million%20in%20co-payments%20for%202020.%20%20We%20also%20changed%20the%20rules%20to%20enable%20Government%20watchdogs%20to%20proactively%20identify%20and%20stop%20perpetrators%20of%20fraud%20before%20money%20goes%20out%20the%20door.%20%20(c)%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20been%20dedicated%20to%20providing%20better%20care%20for%20all%20Americans.%20%20This%20includes%20a%20steadfast%20commitment%20to%20always%20protecting%20individuals%20with%20pre-existing%20conditions%20and%20ensuring%20they%20have%20access%20to%20the%20high-quality%20healthcare%20they%20deserve.%20%20No%20American%20should%20have%20to%20risk%20going%20without%20health%20insurance%20based%20on%20a%20health%20history%20that%20he%20or%20she%20cannot%20change.%20%20In%20an%20attempt%20to%20justify%20the%20ACA,%20the%20previous%20Administration%20claimed%20that,%20absent%20action%20by%20the%20Congress,%20up%20to%20129%20million%20(later%20updated%20to%20133%20million)%20non-elderly%20people%20with%20what%20it%20described%20as%20pre-existing%20conditions%20were%20in%20danger%20of%20being%20denied%20health-insurance%20coverage.%20%20According%20to%20the%20previous%20Administration,%20however,%20only%202.7%20percent%20of%20such%20individuals%20actually%20gained%20access%20to%20health%20insurance%20through%20the%20ACA,%20given%20existing%20laws%20and%20programs%20already%20in%20place%20to%20cover%20them.%20%20For%20example,%20the%20Health%20Insurance%20Portability%20and%20Accountability%20Act%20of%201996%20has%20long%20protected%20individuals%20with%20pre-existing%20conditions,%20including%20individuals%20covered%20by%20group%20health%20plans%20and%20individuals%20who%20had%20such%20coverage%20but%20lost%20it.%20%20The%20ACA%20produced%20multiple%20other%20failures.%20%20The%20average%20insurance%20premium%20in%20the%20individual%20market%20more%20than%20doubled%20from%202013%20to%202017,%20and%20those%20who%20have%20not%20received%20generous%20Federal%20subsidies%20have%20struggled%20to%20maintain%20coverage.%20%20For%20those%20who%20have%20managed%20to%20maintain%20coverage,%20many%20have%20experienced%20a%20substantial%20rise%20in%20deductibles,%20limited%20choice%20of%20insurers,%20and%20limited%20provider%20networks%20that%20exclude%20their%20doctors%20and%20the%20facilities%20best%20suited%20to%20care%20for%20them.%20%20Additionally,%20approximately%2030%20million%20Americans%20remain%20uninsured,%20notwithstanding%20the%20previous%20Administration%E2%80%99s%20promises%20that%20the%20ACA%20would%20address%20this%20intractable%20problem.%20%20On%20top%20of%20these%20disappointing%20results,%20Federal%20taxpayers%20and,%20unfortunately,%20future%20generations%20of%20American%20workers,%20have%20been%20left%20with%20an%20enormous%20bill.%20%20The%20ACA%E2%80%99s%20Medicaid%20expansion%20and%20subsidies%20for%20the%20individual%20market%20are%20projected%20by%20the%20Congressional%20Budget%20Office%20to%20cost%20more%20than%20%241.8%20trillion%20over%20the%20next%20decade.%20%20The%20ACA%20is%20neither%20the%20best%20nor%20the%20only%20way%20to%20ensure%20that%20Americans%20who%20suffer%20from%20pre-existing%20conditions%20have%20access%20to%20health-insurance%20coverage.%20%20I%20have%20agreed%20with%20the%20States%20challenging%20the%20ACA,%20who%20have%20won%20in%20the%20Federal%20district%20court%20and%20court%20of%20appeals,%20that%20the%20ACA,%20as%20amended,%20exceeds%20the%20power%20of%20the%20Congress.%20%20The%20ACA%20was%20flawed%20from%20its%20inception%20and%20should%20be%20struck%20down.%20%20However,%20access%20to%20health%20insurance%20despite%20underlying%20health%20conditions%20should%20be%20maintained,%20even%20if%20the%20Supreme%20Court%20invalidates%20the%20unconstitutional,%20and%20largely%20harmful,%20ACA.%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20always%20been%20committed%20to%20ensuring%20that%20patients%20with%20pre-existing%20conditions%20can%20obtain%20affordable%20healthcare,%20to%20lowering%20healthcare%20costs,%20to%20improving%20quality%20of%20care,%20and%20to%20enabling%20individuals%20to%20choose%20the%20healthcare%20that%20meets%20their%20needs.%20%20For%20example,%20when%20the%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20hit,%20my%20Administration%20implemented%20a%20program%20to%20provide%20any%20individual%20without%20health-insurance%20coverage%20access%20to%20necessary%20COVID%E2%80%9119%E2%80%91related%20testing%20and%20treatment.%20%20My%20commitment%20to%20improving%20care%20across%20our%20country%20expands%20vastly%20beyond%20the%20rules%20governing%20health%20insurance.%20%20On%20July%2010,%202019,%20I%20signed%20Executive%20Order%2013879%20(Advancing%20American%20Kidney%20Health)%20to%20improve%20care%20for%20the%20hundreds%20of%20thousands%20of%20Americans%20suffering%20from%20end-stage%20renal%20disease.%20%20Pursuant%20to%20that%20order,%20my%20Administration%20launched%20a%20program%20to%20encourage%20home%20dialysis%20and%20promote%20transplants%20for%20patients,%20and%20expects%20to%20enroll%20approximately%20120,000%20Medicare%20beneficiaries%20with%20end%E2%80%91stage%20renal%20disease%20in%20the%20program.%20%20We%20also%20have%20removed%20financial%20barriers%20to%20living%20organ%20donation%20by%20adding%20additional%20financial%20support%20for%20living%20donors,%20such%20as%20by%20reimbursing%20expenses%20for%20lost%20wages,%20child%20care,%20and%20elder%20care.%20%20HHS,%20together%20with%20the%20American%20Society%20of%20Nephrology,%20issued%20two%20phases%20of%20awards%20through%20KidneyX%E2%80%99s%20Redesign%20Dialysis%20Price%20Competition%20to%20work%20toward%20the%20creation%20of%20an%20artificial%20kidney.%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20taken%20unprecedented%20action%20to%20improve%20the%20quality%20of%20and%20access%20to%20care%20for%20individuals%20with%20HIV,%20as%20part%20of%20our%20goal%20of%20ending%20the%20epidemic%20of%20HIV%20in%20the%20United%20States%20by%202030.%20%20HHS%20has%20awarded%20at%20least%20%24226%20million%20to%20expand%20access%20to%20HIV%20care,%20treatment,%20medication,%20and%20prevention%20services,%20focused%20on%2048%20counties,%20Washington,%20D.C.,%20and%20San%20Juan,%20Puerto%20Rico,%20where%20more%20than%2050%20percent%20of%20new%20HIV%20diagnoses%20occurred%20in%202016%20and%202017,%20as%20well%20as%20seven%20States%20with%20a%20substantial%20rural%20HIV%20rate.%20%20We%20secured%20a%20historic%20donation%20of%20a%20groundbreaking%20HIV%20preventive%20medication%20that%20is%20available%20at%20no%20cost%20to%20eligible%20patients.%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20started%20a%20transformation%20in%20healthcare%20in%20rural%20America.%20%20This%20includes%20a%20new%20effort,%20pursuant%20to%20my%20directive%20in%20Executive%20Order%2013941,%20to%20support%20small%20hospitals%20and%20health%20clinics%20in%20rural%20communities%20in%20transitioning%20from%20volume-based%20Medicare%20and%20Medicaid%20reimbursement,%20which%20has%20failed%20rural%20communities%20that%20struggle%20with%20a%20lack%20of%20patient%20volume,%20and%20toward%20value-based%20payment%20mechanisms%20that%20are%20tailored%20to%20meet%20the%20needs%20of%20their%20communities.%20%20We%20updated%20Medicare%20payment%20policies%20to%20address%20a%20problem%20in%20the%20program%E2%80%99s%20payment%20calculation%20that%20has%20historically%20disadvantaged%20rural%20hospitals,%20and%20released%20a%20Rural%20Action%20Plan%20to%20incorporate%20recommendations%20from%20experts%20and%20leaders%20across%20the%20Federal%20Government.%20%20We%20have%20also%20dedicated%20a%20special%20focus%20on%20improving%20care%20offered%20through%20the%20Indian%20Health%20Service%20(IHS)%20within%20HHS,%20including%20by%20creating%20the%20Office%20of%20Quality,%20implementing%20an%20increase%20in%20annual%20funding%20for%20IHS%20by%20%24243%20million%20from%202019%20to%202020,%20and%20expanding%20nationwide%20IHS%E2%80%99s%20successful%20Alaska%20Community%20Health%20Aide%20Program.%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20additionally%20demonstrated%20an%20incredible%20dedication%20to%20protecting%20and%20improving%20care%20for%20those%20most%20in%20need,%20including%20senior%20citizens,%20those%20with%20substance%20use%20disorders,%20and%20those%20to%20whom%20our%20Nation%20owes%20the%20greatest%20debt:%20%20our%20veterans.%20%20I%20have%20protected%20the%20viability%20of%20the%20Medicare%20program.%20%20For%20example,%20on%20February%209,%202018,%20I%20signed%20into%20law%20the%20repeal%20of%20the%20Independent%20Payment%20Advisory%20Board,%20which%20would%20have%20been%20a%20group%20of%20unelected%20bureaucrats%20created%20by%20the%20ACA,%20designed%20to%20be%20insulated%20from%20the%20will%20of%20America%E2%80%99s%20elected%20leaders%20for%20the%20purpose%20of%20cutting%20the%20spending%20of%20this%20important%20program.%20%20On%20October%203,%202019,%20I%20signed%20Executive%20Order%2013890%20(Protecting%20and%20Improving%20Medicare%20for%20Our%20Nation%E2%80%99s%20Seniors),%20to%20modernize%20the%20Medicare%20program%20and%20continue%20its%20viability.%20%20According%20to%20CMS%20estimates,%20seniors%20have%20saved%20%242.65%20billion%20in%20lower%20Medicare%20premiums%20under%20my%20Administration%20while%20benefiting%20from%20more%20choices.%20%20For%20example,%20the%20average%20monthly%20Medicare%20Advantage%20premium%20has%20declined%20an%20estimated%2028%20percent%20since%202017,%20and%20Medicare%20Advantage%20has%20included%20about%201,200%20more%20plan%20options%20since%202018.%20%20New%20Medicare%20Advantage%20supplemental%20benefits%20have%20helped%20seniors%20stay%20safe%20in%20their%20homes,%20improved%20respite%20care%20for%20caregivers,%20and%20provided%20transportation,%20more%20in-home%20support%20services%20and%20assistance,%20and%20non-opioid%20pain%20management%20alternatives%20like%20therapeutic%20massages.%20%20Medicare%20Part%20D%20premiums%20are%20at%20their%20lowest%20level%20in%20their%20history,%20with%20the%20average%20basic%20premium%20declining%2013.5%20percent%20since%202016.%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20directed%20unprecedented%20attention%20on%20the%20substance%20use%20disorder%20epidemic,%20with%20a%20focus%20on%20reducing%20overdose%20deaths%20from%20prescription%20opioids%20and%20the%20deadly%20synthetic%20opioid%20fentanyl.%20%20On%20October%2024,%202018,%20I%20signed%20the%20Substance%20Use-Disorder%20Prevention%20that%20Promotes%20Opioid%20Recovery%20and%20Treatment%20for%20Patients%20and%20Communities%20Act,%20enabling%20the%20expenditure%20of%20billions%20of%20dollars%20of%20funding%20for%20important%20programs%20to%20support%20prevention%20and%20recovery.%20%20My%20Administration%20has%20provided%20approximately%20%2422.5%20billion%20from%202017%20to%202020%20to%20address%20the%20opioid%20crisis%20and%20improve%20access%20to%20prevention,%20treatment,%20and%20recovery%20services.%20%20We%20saw%20a%2034%20percent%20decrease%20in%20total%20opioids%20dispensed%20monthly%20by%20pharmacies%20between%202017%20and%202019,%20an%20approximate%20increase%20of%2064%20percent%20in%20the%20number%20of%20Americans%20who%20receive%20medication-assisted%20treatment%20for%20opioid%20use%20disorder%20since%202016,%20and%20a%20484%20percent%20increase%20in%20naloxone%20prescriptions%20since%202017.%20%20Data%20show%20that%20drug%20overdose%20deaths%20fell%20nationwide%20for%20the%20first%20time%20in%20decades%20between%202017%20and%202018,%20with%20many%20of%20the%20hardest-hit%20States%20leading%20the%20way.%20%20Improving%20care%20for%20our%20Nation%E2%80%99s%20veterans%20has%20been%20a%20priority%20since%20the%20beginning%20of%20my%20Administration.%20%20On%20June%206,%202018,%20I%20signed%20the%20VA%20Maintaining%20Internal%20Systems%20and%20Strengthening%20Integrated%20Outside%20Networks%20(MISSION)%20Act%20of%202018,%20which%20authorized%20billions%20of%20dollars%20to%20improve%20options%20for%20veterans%20to%20receive%20care%20outside%20of%20Department%20of%20Veterans%20Affairs%20(VA)%20healthcare%20providers.%20%20Since%20taking%20effect,%20the%20VA%20estimates%20that%20more%20than%202.4%20million%20veterans%20have%20benefited%20from%20more%20than%206.5%20million%20referrals%20to%20the%20725,000%20private%20healthcare%20providers%20with%20which%20the%20VA%20is%20now%20working.%20%20On%20June%2023,%202017,%20I%20signed%20the%20Department%20of%20Veterans%20Affairs%20Accountability%20and%20Whistleblower%20Protection%20Act%20of%202017%20to%20hold%20our%20civil%20servants%20accountable%20for%20maintaining%20the%20best%20quality%20of%20care%20possible%20for%20our%20Nation%E2%80%99s%20veterans%20by%20giving%20the%20Secretary%20of%20Veterans%20Affairs%20more%20power%20to%20discipline%20employees%20and%20shorten%20an%20appeals%20process%20that%20can%20last%20years.%20%20On%20March%205,%202019,%20I%20signed%20Executive%20Order%2013861%20(National%20Roadmap%20to%20Empower%20Veterans%20and%20End%20Suicide)%20to%20ensure%20that%20the%20Federal%20Government%20leads%20a%20collective%20effort%20to%20prevent%20suicide%20among%20our%20veterans.%20%20I%20have%20used%20scientific%20research%20to%20focus%20on%20areas%20most%20pressing%20for%20the%20health%20of%20Americans.%20%20On%20September%2019,%202019,%20I%20signed%20Executive%20Order%2013887%20(Modernizing%20Influenza%20Vaccines%20in%20the%20United%20States%20to%20Promote%20National%20Security%20and%20Public%20Health),%20recognizing%20the%20threat%20that%20pandemic%20influenza%20continues%20to%20represent%20and%20putting%20forward%20a%20plan%20to%20prepare%20for%20future%20influenza%20pandemics.%20%20To%20modernize%20influenza%20vaccines%20and%20promote%20national%20security%20and%20public%20health,%20HHS%20issued%20a%206%E2%80%91year,%20%24226%20million%20contract%20to%20retain%20and%20increase%20capacity%20to%20produce%20recombinant%20influenza%20vaccine%20domestically,%20and%20the%20National%20Institute%20of%20Allergy%20and%20Infectious%20Diseases,%20part%20of%20the%20National%20Institutes%20of%20Health%20within%20HHS,%20initiated%20the%20Collaborative%20Influenza%20Vaccine%20Innovation%20Centers%20program.%20%20Investments%20my%20Administration%20has%20made%20in%20scientific%20research%20will%20help%20tackle%20some%20of%20our%20most%20pressing%20medical%20challenges%20and%20pay%20dividends%20for%20generations%20to%20come.%20%20This%20includes%20working%20to%20increase%20funding%20for%20Alzheimer%E2%80%99s%20disease%20research%20by%20billions%20of%20dollars%20since%202017%20and%20a%20plan%20to%20invest%20more%20than%20%24500%20million%20over%20the%20next%20decade%20to%20improve%20pediatric%20cancer%20research.%20%20On%20December%2018,%202018,%20I%20signed%20the%20Sickle%20Cell%20Disease%20and%20Other%20Heritable%20Blood%20Disorders%20Research,%20Surveillance,%20Prevention,%20and%20Treatment%20Act%20of%202018%20to%20provide%20support%20for%20research%20into%20sickle%20cell%20disease,%20which%20disproportionately%20impacts%20African%20Americans%20and%20Hispanics,%20and%20to%20authorize%20programs%20relating%20to%20sickle%20cell%20disease%20surveillance,%20prevention,%20and%20treatment.%20%20On%20May%2030,%202018,%20I%20signed%20the%20Trickett%20Wendler,%20Frank%20Mongiello,%20Jordan%20McLinn,%20and%20Matthew%20Bellina%20Right%20to%20Try%20Act%20of%202017,%20which%20gives%20terminally%20ill%20patients%20the%20right%20to%20access%20certain%20treatments%20without%20being%20blocked%20by%20onerous%20Federal%20regulations.%20%20In%20response%20to%20the%20COVID-19%20pandemic,%20my%20Administration%20launched%20Operation%20Warp%20Speed,%20a%20groundbreaking%20effort%20of%20the%20Federal%20Government%20to%20engage%20with%20the%20private%20sector%20to%20quickly%20develop%20and%20deliver%20safe%20and%20effective%20vaccines,%20therapeutics,%20and%20diagnostics%20for%20COVID-19.%20%20On%20August%206,%202020,%20I%20signed%20Executive%20Order%2013944%20(Combating%20Public%20Health%20Emergencies%20and%20Strengthening%20National%20Security%20by%20Ensuring%20Essential%20Medicines,%20Medical%20Countermeasures,%20and%20Critical%20Inputs%20Are%20Made%20in%20the%20United%20States),%20to%20protect%20Americans%20through%20reduced%20dependence%20on%20foreign%20manufacturers%20for%20essential%20medicines%20and%20other%20items%20and%20to%20strengthen%20the%20Nation%E2%80%99s%20Public%20Health%20Industrial%20Base.%20%20Taken%20together,%20these%20extraordinary%20reforms%20constitute%20an%20ongoing%20effort%20to%20improve%20American%20healthcare%20by%20putting%20patients%20first%20and%20delivering%20continuous%20innovation.%20%20And%20this%20effort%20will%20continue%20to%20succeed%20because%20of%20my%20Administration%E2%80%99s%20commitment%20to%20delivering%20great%20healthcare%20with%20more%20choices,%20better%20care,%20and%20lower%20costs%20for%20all%20Americans." target="_blank">without any actual plans or policy</a> details for doing that). Apparently, a comprehensive healthcare plan in Trumpland means a piecemeal approach that only gets pulled together in hindsight.</p><p>In other words, he still doesn't have a healthcare plan to replace Obamacare. And that's a little bit important since the Supreme Court will be ruling on the constitutionality of the ACA on November 10. </p><p>But don't worry, I'm sure that plan be coming very, very, very soon. </p>
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This Harlem chef is cooking up international dishes to strengthen his local community
10.13.20
Courtesy of FIELDTRIP
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected diverse communities due largely in part to social factors such as inadequate access to housing, income, dietary options, education and employment — all of which have been shown to affect people's physical health.
Recognizing that inequity, Harlem-based chef JJ Johnson sought out to help his community maximize its health during the pandemic — one grain at a time.
Johnson manages FIELDTRIP, a health-focused restaurant that strives to bring people together through the celebration of rice, a grain found in cuisines of countless cultures.
"It was very important for me to show the world that places like Harlem want access to more health-conscious foods," Johnson said. "The people who live in Harlem should have the option to eat fresh, locally farmed and delicious food that other communities have access to."
Lack of education and access to those healthy food options is a primary driver of why 31% of adults in Harlem are struggling with obesity — the highest rate of any neighborhood in New York City and 7% higher than the average adult obesity rate across the five boroughs.
Obesity increases risk for heart disease or diabetes, which in turn leaves Harlem's residents — who are 76% Black or LatinX — at heightened risk for complications with COVID-19.
<p>"For decades, people in Harlem have been buying food at supermarkets that have been injected with antibiotics and pesticides because they can't afford healthier options at organic grocery stores," Johnson said. "Harlem isn't a food desert because it doesn't have food. It's facing food insecurity because of the food its residents have access to."</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUwecBAnbK/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUwecBAnbK/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;" target="_blank"> <div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style=" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;"> View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUwecBAnbK/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">💯 Harlem Our FIELDTRIP family is from our community and fuels our community 🙏 . #RiceIsCulture #FIELDTRIPharlem #HarlemEats #Harlem #Community #HarlemStandUp . 📷 @brianabalducciphoto</a><br> A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fieldtripharlem/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> FIELDTRIP</a> (@fieldtripharlem) on Sep 19, 2020 at 9:10am PDT<br></div></blockquote> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script></div><p>Despite his intentions to break this cycle, Johnson says the concept of FIELDTRIP was met with skepticism over concern as to whether Harlem residents would be open to trying its exotically seasoned rice bowls and salads — even if they were the healthy alternative.<br></p><p>"When I opened FIELDTRIP, many people in the community didn't think it was owned by a Black person," Johnson said. "In the heart of this pandemic, people saw me and my staff — which is primarily Black and Latinx — behind the counter and realized they wanted to support us."</p><p>While dishes from eastern cultures may not traditionally be sprawled across dining tables in Harlem, Johnson saw his hometown as the prime location for breaking down barriers within the food industry when FIELDTRIP opened in 2019.</p><p>"It's become this engraved part of Harlem that when the lights come on at FIELDTRIP, there's a sense of hope installed throughout the community," Johnson said.<br></p><p>That connection with local residents has been put on full display during this pandemic.</p><p>To maximize the restaurant's ability to feed those facing food insecurity during the pandemic, Johnson joined forces with Chef Erik Bruner-Yang who created <u><a href="https://www.powerof10initiative.com/" target="_blank">The Power of 10</a></u>. This initiative was built on the idea that if a restaurant were to receive $10,000 a week during this crisis, it could create 10 full-time jobs and provide 1,000 free meals to its direct community.</p><p>Born out of Washington, D.C., The Power of 10 partnered with <u><a href="https://www.capitalone.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Capital One</a></u> earlier this year to <u><a href="https://www.capitalone.com/about/newsroom/capital-one-joins-forces-with-the-power-of-10/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">expand nationally</a></u> to help restaurants like FIELDTRIP thrive in cities across the country such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Charlotte, North Carolina, Richmond, Virginia and Fairfax, Virginia.</p><p>Since May, this partnership has helped enable The Power of 10 to donate more than 200,000 meals and provide income to workers at 38 restaurants.</p><p>"We were eager to do our part to help in this urgent and unprecedented time of need," says Andy Navarrete, Head of External Affairs at Capital One. "Restaurants play a vital role in unifying the communities we serve."</p><p>This work comes as part of <u><a href="http://capital.one/2Gl20C3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Capital One's Impact Initiative</a></u>, an initial $200 million, five-year commitment to support growth in underserved communities and advance socioeconomic mobility by closing gaps in equity and opportunity. The Impact Initiative builds upon Capital One's core mission to change banking for good and its priorities around racial equity, affordable housing, small business support, workforce development and financial well-being.</p><p>Through this support to The Power of 10, Johnson could assist Harlem's residents in ways that weren't possible before.</p><p>FIELDTRIP began distributing free "JJ Boxes" — prepared meals that consist of organic produce from local farms in the Tri-state area. Johnson first sought to give these meals to essential workers in the area but soon expanded FIELDTRIP's offering to any people in need.</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVgCVdDJC0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVgCVdDJC0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;" target="_blank"> <div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style=" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;"> View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVgCVdDJC0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">#FieldTrip is a restaurant whose mission is to serve its community. In the wake of #covid19, we've been on journey to deliver meals to those in need and have now partnered with @powerof10initiative to continue doing so. Thank you @powerof10initiative for taking this trip with us. Head to powerof10initiative.com to donate. 💪🏾 #powerof10 #donate</a><br> A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fieldtripharlem/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> FIELDTRIP</a> (@fieldtripharlem) on May 18, 2020 at 9:29am PDT<br></div></blockquote> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script></div><p>To date, this initiative has helped FIELDTRIP distribute more than 3,000 free meals.<br></p><p>"Many of these people receiving these meals had lost their jobs and had very little money," Johnson said. "The Power of 10 helped us ensure that those families still had fresh produce that they could cook at home and put a delicious dinner on the table every night."</p><p>This funding has also allowed FIELDTRIP to continue working with local farms to use the freshest ingredients possible in its meals in an effort to help Harlem residents stay healthy.</p><p>"In every community we serve, we'll look at who needs help and how we can be there for them," Johnson said. "As I expand FIELDTRIP, my goal is to make our food so affordable that people chose us over fast food every time."</p>
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