President Trump on Thursday acknowledged to a roomful of congressional Republicans that there is a political “risk” to gutting ObamaCare, and that he contemplated leaving the healthcare law alone for two years.
Trump then said that Republicans must quickly repeal and replace the law to prevent it from imploding, but his doubts were striking given that Hill Republicans, for the past seven years, have made it their top mission to roll back ObamaCare.
Trump twice mentioned how repealing ObamaCare would take the political heat off of Democrats and put it on the GOP.
“I actually talked with Paul [Ryan] and the group about just doing nothing for two years, and the Dems would come begging to do something because ‘17 is going to be catastrophic price increases, your deductibles are through the roof, you can’t use them, and they will come to us,” Trump said at annual GOP retreat in Philadelphia.
“Except we have one problem: We have to take care of the American people immediately. So we can’t wait.
Trump then said that Republicans must quickly repeal and replace the law to prevent it from imploding, but his doubts were striking given that Hill Republicans, for the past seven years, have made it their top mission to roll back ObamaCare.
Trump twice mentioned how repealing ObamaCare would take the political heat off of Democrats and put it on the GOP.
“I actually talked with Paul [Ryan] and the group about just doing nothing for two years, and the Dems would come begging to do something because ‘17 is going to be catastrophic price increases, your deductibles are through the roof, you can’t use them, and they will come to us,” Trump said at annual GOP retreat in Philadelphia.
“Except we have one problem: We have to take care of the American people immediately. So we can’t wait.
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