I reckon it's more of a fishing document. Looking for ideas rather than an actual bill for congress.
Going through the Whitehouse document linked above:
"The Great Healthcare Plan funds a cost-sharing reduction program for healthcare plans which would save taxpayers at least $36 billion and reduce the most common Obamacare plan premiums by over 10% according to the Congressional Budget Office."
That $36 billion saving. Because it says "save taxpayers", I assume that means all expenditure, guv and premiums ? The web says US healthcare spend is $5.3 trillion a year. So that saving is a piss in the ocean.
Average Obamacare premiums down 10%.. the average is $540 per member per month. BUT, they are expected to rise 26% this year on average. So instead of a 10% drop, people will see a 16% rise. And that is without the expected expiration of enhanced premium subsidies.
"The Great Healthcare Plan creates the “Plain English Insurance” Standard by requiring health insurance companies to publish rate and coverage comparisons upfront on their websites in plain English—not industry jargon—so consumers can make better insurance purchasing decisions."
Meh.
"The Great Healthcare Plan will require health insurance companies to publish the percentage of insurance claims they reject and average wait times for routine care on their websites."
Meh. Pointless if no targets are set.
"The Great Healthcare Plan requires any healthcare provider or insurer who accepts Medicare or Medicaid to prominently post their pricing and fees in their place of business."
Meh. That does not really matter, because Medicare and Medicaid pay most of it anyway, for folk on those schemes.
" Lower prescription drug prices for all Americans by codifying the Trump Administration’s Most-Favored-Nation deals to get Americans the same low prices for prescription drugs that people in other countries pay. This would build off President Trump’s landmark actions that made insulin more affordable in his first term and the successful voluntary negotiations following his recent executive order to lower drug prices. Voluntarily negotiated deals with HHS/CMS will be grandfathered in."
Meh. Much of the Insulin thing was Biden. But it is shared credit. Let's wait for big pharma to say it will destroy their research, and political donations.
"Stop sending big insurance companies billions in extra taxpayer-funded subsidy payments and instead send that money directly to eligible Americans to allow them to buy the health insurance of their choice."
Meh. It is still going to the healthcare companies.
And that's about it. A single page. About 500 words. That's about 4.5 words per month since Trump made his 2 week promise.