Better than anyone · First term · № 36

Nobody knows more

Knows insurance companies 'better than anybody'

“I know insurance companies better than anybody. They just don't do that. But now there's a spirit like I have not seen.”
Said
, White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing
Subject
insurance companies
Topic
Health care
Era
First term

What the record showed

The remark answered a question about whether insurers beyond Humana and Cigna would waive co-pays for COVID-19 treatment. Trump said he would 'love to have them do it' and that insurers historically 'just don't do that,' while offering no data on how many insurers had agreed. The claim of unmatched knowledge of the industry was not accompanied by a policy commitment in the briefing.

Sources

  1. Remarks at a White House Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing (March 29, 2020) The American Presidency Project, Mar 29, 2020