Why I wrote Trumpcare

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 I’m running as a Democrat because the solution, I’ve spent my career developing aligns more closely with Democratic principles than with where either party has governed in practice.

At its core, my work is based on a simple principle:
Give the money to people, not to insurance companies.

That idea isn’t ideological — it’s structural. And it reflects values Democrats have long claimed as their own:

• Fairness
• Worker empowerment
• Transparency
• Putting people ahead of powerful intermediaries

I wrote TrumpCare: Age-Based Tax Credits because, for all the noise in American politics, Donald Trump is the only national political figure who said something fundamentally true about health care:

“Give the money to the people instead of the insurance companies.”

That wasn’t a detailed policy proposal — but it was the right instinct.

For decades, both parties have protected a system that funnels health care dollars through employers, insurers, and bureaucracies. This structure hides costs, suppresses wages, inflates prices, and enriches middlemen.

Workers and taxpayers pay the bill — but never see the money or control it.

Age-based tax credits take that truth and turn it into policy:

• The money follows people, not institutions
• Support is visible, predictable, and fair
• Coverage is required, but ownership is individual
• Power shifts away from insurers and back to citizens

That’s not a conservative talking point.
That’s economic democracy.

Democrats talk about putting people over corporations.
Age-based tax credits actually do it.

Democrats talk about empowering workers.
This model puts wages back in workers’ paychecks — instead of into hidden premium costs.

Democrats talk about fairness.
This model provides equal, age-based support without punishing work or success.

I didn’t switch parties because I became more ideological.
I switched because I became more honest about what works.

The Republican Party criticizes the Affordable Care Act, but refuses to fix how health care is financed.
The Democratic Party expanded access, but stopped short of reforming the structure that drives costs and inequality.

I’m running as a Democrat because I believe the party should finish what it started — by:

• Reforming how health care is financed
• Restoring control to people
• And telling the truth about where the money goes

That’s what TrumpCare explains.
And that’s what this campaign is about.

Authored by Lee Benham
This book outlines a voluntary, market-based approach to health care reform — using Medicare MSA principles to build a new framework for financing individual coverage in America.

 Note: This book was published prior to my candidacy. It is shared here to help voters understand the history of the ideas behind this campaign. This is not a campaign product, and no campaign funds were used to produce or sell it.