NOTE TO STUDENTS: Before answering the questions, read the “Background” and watch the video under “Resources.”

1. How will health insurance companies be affected if the "Great Healthcare Plan" is passed by Congress?

2. Why has Democratic socialist Senator Bernie Sanders criticized subsidies paid to insurance companies?

3. In what ways will President Trump’s health care plan require “unprecedented accountability and transparency” from insurance companies?

4. How will the plan require transparency from hospitals and medical providers as well?

5. a) Define codify as used in para. 8.
b) What will the president's plan codify?

6. Left-leaning media reports criticize the president's announcement as being sparse on details. However, others point out this was just an announcement on the main points of the plan that he is calling on Congress to enact.

Ask a parent to read the Fact sheet from the White House then answer a) and b):
(NOTE: The president's video announcement, with transcript, are provided under "Resources" below.)

a) What is your reaction to the president's proposed plan?
b) Trump is calling on Congress "to enact the Great Healthcare Plan."
-Do you think Congress will do so?
-Do you think Congress should do so?
Please explain your answers.