For most of the last 40 years, pollsters have asked voters: Which party do you trust more on healthcare? The answer has been pretty much the same over this whole period. Voters trust 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 healthcare. Then they crouch in the fetal position.

Well, the GOP certainly better start "doing healthcare," because the issue of medical care access and affordability is front and center for American families.

The Republican promise to voters should be better healthcare at half the cost.

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

First, follow President Donald Trump's lead from his State of the Union: "I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies and give that money to the people." That's you and me.

This "patient power" approach is a direct assault on Washington's long-held allegiance to hospital oligopolies, insurance companies, and........

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