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Politics
Fred Onyango

Donald Trump promises to send health care cash ‘directly to Americans’ — but this story has a plothole

The Donald Trump administration finally responded to skepticism about its new healthcare plan. On Jan. 15, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on those plans and announced that the administration is planning to send healthcare funds directly to Americans.

On the campaign trail, when Trump was asked about his healthcare plans, he infamously said he had “concepts of a plan.” After the “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed, Medicaid premiums were guaranteed to hike — but Trump did promise that a resolution was coming to quell his critics’ concerns.

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