By former Assemblyman Steven Sanders
It was a sales pitch; it was always a sales pitch. It was like the defunct Trump University whose former students now have buyer’s remorse and have won a $22 million restitution of their tuition costs for a product that was promised but not delivered.
For nearly two years since the start of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to put Americans first and to “make America great again.” He advertised his credentials as the consummate businessman and the ultimate deal maker. Just the kind of tonic Washington D.C.’s unhealthy dysfunctional government needed.
To that end he promised to repeal the current health care law and replace it with something “much better and more affordable for every American.”
But instead he endorsed a plan that would toss 24 million Americans from their current health coverage, increase premiums and roll back benefits.