Trump promised to release a new health care plan before the 2020 election, but those close to the White House told the Washington Post on Thursday that no such plan is going to materialize.
Rather than come up with a plan to replace the popular Affordable Care Act, one former White House official said the plan is to prepare for massive political fallout if the Trump-backed lawsuit to destroy the ACA is successful.
“There seems to be a decreasing appetite for the ‘big plan’ reveal and instead just focusing on responding to the 5th Circuit with prudence and a minimum of hysteria,” the official told the Post. Congressional aides told the Post the same thing, and outside conservative groups confirmed that they have not seen a health care plan.
View the complete September 12 article by Dan Desai Martin on the National Memo website here.