STEPHEN MOORE: Republicans Can Win On Health Care Affordability

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For most of the last 40 years, pollsters have asked voters: Which party do you trust more on health care? The answer has been pretty much the same over this whole period.  Voters trust the Democrats more, sometimes by a two-to-one margin.

When I’ve asked my Republican politicos why that is, the answer I typically receive is: our party doesn’t do health care. Then they crouch in the fetal position.

Well, the GOP certainly better start “doing health care,” because the issue of medical care access and affordability is front and center in American families.

The GOP shouldn’t be afraid of the issue. Democrats have pretty much unilaterally designed the medical care system we have now. They own it. The outcome isn’t a happy one. We are getting spiraling costs with less access and in many cases worse health outcomes.

The Republican promise to voters should better health care at half the cost. (RELATED: Trump Admin Building A Health Care Cost Bomb Set To Explode Right Before Midterms)

Here are five easy pieces to this saner and higher-quality health care system.

First, follow Trump’s lead from his State of the Union when he told the country: “I want to stop all payments........

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