Promises about Health Care on Trump-O-Meter

"I will create a private White House hotline – that is answered by a real person 24 hours a day – to make sure that no valid complaint about the VA ever falls through the cracks. I will instruct my staff that if a valid complaint is not acted upon, then the issue be brought directly to me, and I will pick up the phone and fix it myself, if need be."

“I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.” 

“I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.” 

"I would defund it because of the abortion factor, which they say is 3 percent. I don't know what percentage it is. They say it's 3 percent. But I would defund it, because I'm pro-life."

"We need to reform our mental health programs and institutions in this country."

“Real change begins with immediately repealing and replacing the disaster known as Obamacare."

“The insurance companies are getting rich off health care and health insurance and everything having to do with health. We’re going to end that. We’re going to take out the artificial boundaries, the artificial lines. We’re going to get a plan where people compete, free enterprise.”

"Allow individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns under the current tax system."

"Allow individuals to use Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Contributions into HSAs should be tax-free and should be allowed to accumulate."

"Require price transparency from all health care providers, especially doctors and health care organizations like clinics and hospitals."

"Our elected representatives in the House and Senate must ... block-grant Medicaid to the states. Nearly every state already offers benefits beyond what is required in the current Medicaid structure."

"Remove barriers to entry into free markets for drug providers that offer safe, reliable and cheaper products."

"We are going to make sure every veteran in America has the choice to seek care at the Veterans Administration or to seek private medical care paid for by our government."