{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"KFF","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kff.org","author_name":"kfftammies","author_url":"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/author\/kfftammies\/","title":"Trump Has No Health Plan, He Has the Art of the Health Care Deal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gvBgjTs2Jn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/from-drew-altman\/trump-has-no-health-plan-he-has-the-art-of-the-health-care-deal\/\">Trump Has No Health Plan, He Has the Art of the Health Care Deal<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/from-drew-altman\/trump-has-no-health-plan-he-has-the-art-of-the-health-care-deal\/embed\/#?secret=gvBgjTs2Jn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Trump Has No Health Plan, He Has the Art of the Health Care Deal&#8221; &#8212; KFF\" data-secret=\"gvBgjTs2Jn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/Image.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":450,"description":"In his first column for the new year, KFF CEO Dr. Drew Altman analyzes President Trump\u2019s \u201cmake a deal\u201d approach to health care. He explains that while the president doesn\u2019t have a health reform plan, or even \u201cconcepts of a plan,\u201d or a replacement for the ACA, he does have a distinctive set of tactics that features one-off deals with the health care industry that are more like \u201chealth policy by transaction.\u201d He writes that the deals \u201ceven do some good,\u201d but \u201cdon\u2019t change the long-term incentives of the health care companies that participate in the deals,\u201d and a big question is \u201cwhether they have staying power.\u201d"}