President Donald Trump’s new Great Healthcare Plan takes aim at some of the most frustrating parts of American healthcare: expensive prescriptions, confusing insurance bills, rising premiums, and the feeling that nobody can tell you what anything costs until the bill arrives. The proposal would push for lower drug prices, more direct financial assistance to eligible Americans, new insurance disclosures, and broader access to health savings accounts.
The big idea sounds simple enough: put more power and money in patients’ hands and force healthcare companies to show their work. But the plan remains a proposal for Congress to consider, and several details matter enormously, especially for people who rely on Affordable Care Act coverage, need expensive medications, or expect a health savings account to cover more than it actually can.
