Did you know Medicare Advantage is the most popular health plan in the United States? It is, and we believe that extending it to everyone will lower our National Healthcare GDP by $1.3 Trillion to 12% by eliminating just half of our chronic illness. 

A Trump Medicare-Advantage-For-All plan is the way to go, as the Democrats are focusing on Medicare for All, which will bankrupt us. We desperately need health reform. We need democrats and republicans to come together and think about the health of the American people. 

Supporting Medicare Advantage is an obvious bipartisan solution to our problems! But, we can’t get this program implemented because the political parties are too polarized and they can’t agree on anything! The only way we are going to stop the bleeding and start saving lives is with a change of the majority party in the House of Representatives! This is what President Trump has been saying all along, “If the Republicans take back the House, keep the Senate, keep the presidency – we’re going to have a fantastic plan,” He wants the Republican Party to be the party of Health Care. We have, reluctantly, come to the conclusion that he is absolutely right. 

We Americans must wake up to the fact that we are collectively being cheated. We need to clean House. Here are some reasons why we need a Trump Medicare Advantage Plan: 

• 30 Million Americans has no health insurance in 2019.  
• Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance (Social Security) Trustees project that by the year 2026 the Medicare Trust Fund for 59.8 Million retired Americans will be 100% GONE!  
• The United States is the Number One national spender on healthcare on the planet. Yet, the World Health Organization says the United States is only 37th in health quality.  
• The Kaiser Family Foundation – Perterson Partnership recently posted the fact that the United States has 63% more neonatal deaths and 90% more postnatal deaths than other comparable countries around the world.  
• : The National Institute of Aging recently uncovered the fact that all Americans aged 25 – 64 have increased rates of death from ALL causes.  

• The National Institutes of Health says 2 out of 3 Americans are currently overweight and the CDC reports 40% of the U.S. population, approximately 124.4 Million Americans are obese! The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health released a study Decmber 18, 2019 projecting the total obesity will increase to 50% (about a quarter of which will be severe obesity) by 2030.  
• Ninety percent (90%)of the U.S. National Health Care GDP (90% = $3.285 Trillion Dollars in 2018) is spent on the treatment of chronic illness.  
• In 2018, the Unites States National Health Care – GDP of $3.65 Trillion Dollars was 18% of our total GDP. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) expects that to increase by 5.5% annually through 2030, at which time our over age 65 population will have almost doubled.  
• It has been clearly demonstrated by the cost estimates of Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren that their Medicare for All proposals will create a financial burden on the American people that will ultimately deprive Medicare beneficiaries of the health insurance plans they have today.  
• On December 18, 2019, a federal Appeals Court recently ruled Obamacare’s ‘individual mandate’ is unconstitutional, but other parts of the law still require further legal review. We need to get behind a viable bipartisan alternative.  

We believe a Trump Medicare Advantage Plan For All is the answer. We must reduce the cost of health care by demanding that the federal government help us improve our health, well-being, and productivity. We are the only ones that can be responsible for our health.  

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For more information on the Medicare-Advantage-For-All plan and the movement, visit our Medicare-Advantage-For-All plan page, call us at 1-888-683-3719 or email us at: contact@medicare-advantage-for-all.com. 

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In 2018, the Milken Institute Study documented that obesity is by far the greatest risk factor contributing to the burden of chronic disease in the United States. The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. population has increased steadily since the 1960s. President John F. Kennedy wrote Sports Illustrated article back in 1960 complaining that American’s were getting soft. At that time, less than 15% of Americans were obese. In the last 50 years, the rate of obesity has increased by 300%.  

Today, 66% of Americans are overweight (meaning that their Body Mass Index (BMI) is 30 or above).  According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), nearly 40 % (124.4 million) Americans are obese. Health and Human Services (HHS) projects that without making any changes by 2030, half of all adults in the United States will be obese. Currently, one out of every five children between the ages of six and 19 is obese. Overweight adolescents have a 70% greater chance of becoming overweight or obese adults.  

In 2018, HHS estimated that obesity alone cost the United States twenty 21% of our total health care costs equaling $344 Billion Dollars. 

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Survey in 2013 -2014, two out of every three adults (66%) were considered overweight. In 2015, the chronic illnesses that were directly related to our being overweight accounted for over 47.1% of the total cost of chronic diseases in the United States. In 2015, the Partnership for Chronic Disease (PFCD) estimated that chronic disease was responsible for $480.7 billion of direct health care costs plus $1.24 trillion of indirect costs related to the loss of productivity.  

HHS claims that failing to meet the suggested levels of aerobic physical activity adds nearly $117 billion in annual health-care costs and contributes to 10 percent of all premature mortality.  

In 2015, 30.8 million Americans suffered from three or more chronic illnesses. By 2030, it is estimated that number will increase to 83.4 million people in the United States. By 2030, the Milken Institute estimates that seven chronic diseases will have a total (direct and indirect) economic impact of $4.2 Trillion in treatment costs and reduced economic output.  

When asked why the American health care system cost so much, Patrick Massey, an informed author in an Op-Ed that appeared in a National Health Institutes publication wrote, “It is because 87% of the total health care expenditure is for the management of the chronic disease. The majority of this expense is for Americans under age 65.” Chronic disease accounts for 81% of all hospital admissions and over 90% of prescription drug costs and 76% of all physician visits. 

We can no longer afford to ignore the seriousness of treating chronic disease in America. To learn more about wellness and chronic illness in America and what we can do visit, Make America Healthy Again.  

We believe President Trump can help make America healthy again. How? By implementing Medicare Advantage for All.  

For more information on the Medicare-Advantage-For-All plan and the movement, visit our Trump Medicare Advantage for All plan page, call us at 1-888-683-3719 or contact our email us at: contact@medicare-advantage-for-all.com. 

To support and join this movement, you can download our Membership Application and complete it with your contact information and send it to us with your financial support or just complete the Pay Pal Credit card authorization on the About and Become A Supporter Pages on our web site. 

Visit our Medicare Advantage for All site to learn more! We re-publish articles and research, notices and alerts addressing the efficacy of Medicare-Advantage-For-All and effectively communicating this information to our primary audiences, which include members of Congress, key congressional staff members, the White House, including policymakers in the executive branch, academics, and D.C. think-tanks, policy wonks, the media and our loyal members. 

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People want to be healthy. As Americans, we don’t accept the fact that the government can take care of our health. WE can take care our own health. But right now, our health care system is failing us, so many Americans are dying unnecessarily. We are being cheated as a nation. We currently spend more than other nations for our healthcare, and we get less back for it. We demand more! 

Our government contributed to this failing healthcare system. No one has been able to create a working health insurance program because both Democrats and Republicans are oblivious to that fact that Americans are dying.  

To change the health care system, we need at least 218 votes in the House of Representatives and 60 votes in the Senate.  Right now, Medicare Advantage has 293 supporters of the current members of the House of Representatives and 60 Senators. These leaders are on record supporting Medicare Advantage! We believe Medicare Advantage is the obvious bipartisan solution to our problems! 

Unfortunately, we can’t get this program implemented because the political parties are polarized, and they can’t agree on anything! The only way for President Trump to start saving lives is to change leadership.  

We need a Republican majority in the House of Representatives! The Democrat Bills before Congress on “Medicare for All” does not have Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s support and they are going NOWHERE! The 10-year cost estimate for Senator Bernie Sanders’ program is $32.6 Trillion.  

Trump, speaking at his Kansas Rally in 2018, claimed that if Congress were to enact their “Medicare for All” program today; it would “… eviscerate our beautiful Medicare Advantage Program…”.  

If they pass a universal “Medicare for All” plan, this would be the beginning of the end of the Medicare program as we know it. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that most Americans oppose “Medicare for All” by the wide margin of 60 to 32, if it were to threaten the current Medicare program.  

If you want to change the health care system, you are going to have to fight for a real solution. We can’t keep doing the same things we have been doing. Americans must take more responsibility for their own health and expose political lies. In 2020, we must vote for Republicans, including Donald Trump, who will truly Make America Healthy Again. It is that simple! 

We cannot substantially improve the health of the American people until we establish a health insurance system that really works! Medicare Advantage is a health insurance system that works. We must modernize our Medicare programs by adopting a Trump Medicare Advantage Program! A Trump plan can lower the cost of health care in the United States. But, he can’t do it alone. And, he can not do it without your support.  

For more information on the Medicare-Advantage-For-All plan and the movement, visit our Trump Medicare Advantage for All plan page, call us at 1-888-683-3719 or contact our email us at: contact@medicare-advantage-for-all.com. 

To support and join this movement, you can download our Membership Application and complete it with your contact information and send it to us with your financial support or just complete the Pay Pal Credit card authorization on the About and Become A Supporter Pages on our web site. 

Visit our Medicare Advantage for All site to learn more! We re-publish articles and research, notices and alerts addressing the efficacy of Medicare-Advantage-For-All and effectively communicating this information to our primary audiences, which include members of Congress, key congressional staff members, the White House, including policymakers in the executive branch, academics, and D.C. think-tanks, policy wonks, the media and our loyal members. 

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In America, right now, we need to convince the medical community that they must change their practice patterns to support the prevention of illness and the swift correction of conditions that can be reversed. We need a healthcare CZAR and we would choose Alex Azar, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.  

 The Medicare for All plan legislation proposed by the Democrats in the House and in the Senate, rely heavily of the “Secretary” to basically implement their ideas for the Medicare for All Plans. Our desire is likewise to let the Secretary do the advance work to define and implement the Trump Medicare Advantage for All plan. 

Azar has done an excellent job working with health care providers and drug companies to disclose their charges and lower the cost of prescription drugs. He is in the process of writing the regulations for hospitals and medical providers to comply with the executive order of transparency. His actions are making health care more accessible and affordable for all Americans.  

We have a crisis in American health care. We have an opioid crisis that is causing unnecessary death and destruction in our society. Our health care system is out of control and threatening the health and well-being of our people and the viability and competitiveness of our economy. The costs involved with the treatment of addiction, our health care, and the national debt level all threaten to sink our nation-state.  

We need to pass a bill authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to act on our behalf, in accordance with the job description and the mission of the Department. We need to give this Department the responsibility to come up with a proposal for Congress that addresses the real needs of the American people and not the egos of personal partisan politicians or the economic interests of our providers, who generally oppose everything that portends to lower their reimbursements.   

The Fifth Edition of the True American dated May 2019 includes the first page of a Draft Bill proposed by “WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES” to the Senate leadership.  The BILL authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consult with the all of the Departments, Agencies and entities of the federal government and all of the immediately applicable interests of our private health care economic sector in order to devise a plan to extend Medicare Advantage to All Americans. The Secretary is required to recommend the rules and the necessary criteria for a firm and reasonable proposal and time frame for extending the Medicare Advantage to All Americans in an affordable, accessible, universal and feasible fashion. See the Fifth Edition of the True American for more information. 

Secretary Azar recently said, “We can also enhance value through payments in Medicare Advantage, where we want to open up more opportunities for MA Plans …. including creative value-based design arrangements, moving care to the home and the community, and new ways for MA Plans to improve patient’s health over the long term,” He gets it! We must give him the power to design that plan, not just implement it. The economic viability of our nation and the general welfare of our people depend upon this effort. 

We have the skill and the expertise to simultaneously reduce the cost of our health care and our Health Care GDP to a competitive world market level, secure our exceptional and unique health care financing system and improve the health, productivity and insurability of the American people with a properly designed, expertly administered and adequately regulated Trump Medicare Advantage for All program. 

 A Trump-Medicare-Advantage-For-All will be instrumental in making this happen. 

For more information on the Medicare-Advantage-For-All plan and the movement, visit our Trump Medicare Advantage for All plan page, call us at 1-888-683-3719 or contact our email us at: contact@medicare-advantage-for-all.com. 

To support and join this movement, you can download our Membership Application and complete it with your contact information and send it to us with your financial support or just complete the Pay Pal Credit card authorization on the About and Become A Supporter Pages on our web site. 

Visit our Medicare Advantage for All site to learn more! We re-publish articles and research, notices and alerts addressing the efficacy of Medicare-Advantage-For-All and effectively communicating this information to our primary audiences, which include members of Congress, key congressional staff members, the White House, including policymakers in the executive branch, academics, and D.C. think-tanks, policy wonks, the media and our loyal members. 

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Democrats, like Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Elizabeth Warren support the idea of Medicare for All. The plan is said to drastically reshape the health care system by moving millions of Americans who get insurance through employers into a single-payer plan within two years. This is the democrats’ proposal to fix the market.

The plan will be a single-payer plan that covers everyone and offers comprehensive benefits such as long-term care services. There will be no premiums, deductibles, co-pays, or other out-of-pocket costs. This plan would eliminate all private insurance.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)’s Medicare for All Bill is different than Sanders’ bill because it implements a national health insurance program over a two-year period; With this bill, administrative changes are done within the first year, and by the beginning of the third year, all U.S. residents will be covered by the Medicare for All program.

The bill also creates a Medicare Transition buy-in plan during the two-year period, which will be offered on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces.

It is believed as the federal government radically reforms the healthcare system, that insurance companies may exit existing marketplaces, which would leave patients without plans or increasing premiums. A Medicare for All program would need to be implemented as quickly as possible and it’s best that the president who signs the Medicare for All bill into law is the one who oversees implementation of the new system.

This bill also uses existing policy ideas to tackle increasing prescription drug costs and health care spending, as well a it will create a global budget program to pay “institutional providers” and contain costs.

All the democrat Bills before Congress on “Medicare for all” are popular among the progressive American electorate, but not so popular with several of the Democratic Presidential hopefuls in the 2020 election campaign. Unfortunately, the 10-year cost estimate for Senator Bernie Sander’s program is $32.6 trillion and Elizabeth Warren estimates her plan will cost $52 trillion. President Donald Trump, speaking at his Kansas Rally in 2018, claimed that if Congress were to enact the “Medicare 4 all” program today, it would “… eviscerate our beautiful Medicare Advantage Program…”.

A universal Medicare For All plan would certainly be the beginning of the end of the Medicare program as we know it, for the almost 60 Million voting seniors enrolled.

Since Medicare Advantage is the most popular health plan in the United States, expanding it for All Americans (MAA) should be more popular solution. MAA could also reduce our National Health Care (NHC)-GDP by $1.3 trillion, to 12% of total GDP, by reducing or eliminating just half of our chronic illness. And, that would be just the beginning.

We need to pass Medicare Advantage For All with an integrated value-based Wellness and Well Being program. And then, we need to use MAA as a catalyst for a national effort to reduce our NHC-GDP to the lowest level of all the developed nations of the world.

Medicare is too expensive, encourages extraordinary spending and needs to be modernized. Extending it, the way the Democrats are proposing, will make it impossible for the United States to ever achieve a competitive NHC-GDP.

For more information on the Medicare-Advantage-For-All plan and the movement, visit our Medicare-Advantage-For-All plan page, call us at 1-888-683-3719 or email us at: contact@medicare-advantage-for-all.com.

To support and join this movement, you can download our Membership Application and complete it with your contact information and send it to us with your financial support or just complete the Pay Pal Credit card authorization on the Become A Supporter page on our web site.

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