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Trump Turns Back to Health Care, But What Comes Next Is Unclear
By
John Tozzi
and
Erik Wasson
March 26, 2019, 11:49 AM EDT Updated on March 26, 2019, 3:53 PM EDT
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A day after the Justice Department gave its full backing to a legal repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration provided no indication it had any specifics for what would take the law’s place.
“He didn’t offer a plan,” Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said after Senate Republicans had lunch with President Donald Trump on Tuesday. “He referred to some of the ideas that have been debated in the past.”
The failure by Republicans to overturn the Affordable Care Act has been a sore point for the president. In recent weeks, Trump has taken to Twitter to attack the late Senator John McCain, who in 2017 cast the decisive vote against a bill packaged as a “skinny repeal” of the health law. The following year, Republicans lost control of the House, as many Democrats campaigned on a promises to shield Obamacare from its GOP critics.
Trump Turns Back to Health Care, But What Comes Next Is Unclear
By
John Tozzi
and
Erik Wasson
March 26, 2019, 11:49 AM EDT Updated on March 26, 2019, 3:53 PM EDT
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Justice Department argues entire ACA should be struck down -
Health officials stay mum on contingency plans for victory
USD
-0.82-2.48%
A day after the Justice Department gave its full backing to a legal repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration provided no indication it had any specifics for what would take the law’s place.
“He didn’t offer a plan,” Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said after Senate Republicans had lunch with President Donald Trump on Tuesday. “He referred to some of the ideas that have been debated in the past.”
The failure by Republicans to overturn the Affordable Care Act has been a sore point for the president. In recent weeks, Trump has taken to Twitter to attack the late Senator John McCain, who in 2017 cast the decisive vote against a bill packaged as a “skinny repeal” of the health law. The following year, Republicans lost control of the House, as many Democrats campaigned on a promises to shield Obamacare from its GOP critics.
