佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特（Rick Scott）对唐纳德·特朗普总统提出的医疗保险支付计划做出了不太令人放心的回应。
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) offered a less-than-reassuring response regarding a Medicare payment scheme proposed by President Donald Trump.
周五，特朗普宣布他将通过医疗保险改进基金（他称之为“Slush基金”）向某些医疗保险受益人提供90美元。
On Friday, Trump announced he would give $90 to certain Medicare recipients through the Medicare Improvement Fund, which he referred to as a “Slush Fund.”
“我很高兴地宣布，我的政府将立即开始向超过2000万优秀的老年人发送近100美元的‘支票’，以帮助支付他们的医疗保险B部分保费，我们已经大幅削减了这笔保费，”他在Truth Social上写道。“这笔钱将来自医疗保险改进基金，这是一个毫无意义的‘Slush基金’，只有国会中的杜莫官僚使用它来支付他们特殊利益集团朋友的浪费、欺诈和滥用行为，并推高医疗保健费用。”
“I am pleased to announce that my Administration will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, which we have already reduced by significant amounts,” he wrote on Truth Social. “This money will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pointless “Slush Fund” that has only been used by Dumocrats in Congress to pay for the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for their Special Interest friends, and drive up Healthcare costs.”
白宫的一份新闻稿说：“联邦政府将一次性支付每人90美元，以帮助2000多万注册者支付医疗保险B部分的保费。”“付款将从医疗保险改善基金中进行，该基金已由国会提供20亿美元，用于改善医疗保险收费服务计划，但以前从未使用过，”该新闻稿补充说，大多数收件人将通过本月直接存款获得付款。
A White House press release said that “the federal government will be making one-time payments of $90 per person to help more than 20 million enrollees pay for their Medicare Part B premiums.”“Payments will be made from the Medicare Improvement Fund, which has been given $2 billion by Congress for the purposes of making improvements to the Medicare fee-for-service program, but has never before been utilized,” the release added, stating that most recipients would receive the payments by direct deposit this month.
斯科特出现在周一的《导报》上，CNN的杰克·塔珀询问了这个计划。
Scott appeared on Monday’s edition of The Lead, where CNN’s Jake Tapper asked about the plan.
塔珀指出：“这笔款项来自22亿美元的医疗保险改善基金，如你所知，国会预算办公室说，这笔资金应该用于改善医疗保险的医院和医疗保险项目。”“您对按照特朗普总统建议的方式使用资金有任何担忧吗？”这位参议员回答说，如果该计划没有以“正确的方式”执行，一个身份不明的人将阻止总统。
“The payments come from this $2.2 billion Medicare Improvement Fund, which, as you know, the Congressional Budget Office says is supposed to be used to make improvements to Medicare’s hospital and medical insurance programs,” Tapper noted. “Do you have any concerns about using the funds the way that President Trump is suggesting?”The senator replied by saying that if the scheme is not executed “the right way,” an unidentified someone will stop the president.
“嗯，我确信它必须以正确的方式使用，否则他们将无法做到，”斯科特回答道。“有人会阻止他们。但看，我们必须弄清楚如何降低医疗保健成本。医疗保健不应该花那么多钱。我们必须，你知道，政府更多地参与医疗保健总是会导致一切上涨。”特朗普还表示，如果共和党在中期选举中获胜，他将向每位成年美国公民提供5，000美元。
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“Well, I’m sure it’s gonna have to be used the right way, or they’re not gonna be able to do it,” Scott replied. “Somebody will stop them. But look, we’ve got to figure out how to get healthcare costs down. Healthcare shouldn’t cost what it costs. We’ve got to, you know, more government involvement in healthcare has always caused everything to go up.”Trump has also said that if Republicans prevail in the midterms, he will send every adult U.S. citizen $5,000.