""We have to fix health care because ObamaCare is a disaster," Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to South Korea. "When you see the increases in ObamaCare, it never worked. It never will work, and we can do something with the Democrats much better than ObamaCare," he continued. "Less money and better health care. And I think that's something that could come out of this with the Democrats. We work with the Democrats.""
"congressional Democrats are making a very big gamble that they can convince Donald Trump to impose an extension of Obamacare premium subsidies on his Obamacare-hating troops in the House and Senate. It seems at least somewhat plausible, since Trump is very focused on his party winning the 2026 midterms and his own pollster says finding a way to avoid a huge Obamacare premium price hike could be the key."
"Perhaps he has forgotten that the great lost battle of his first term (other than his effort to stay in office after his 2020 reelection bid was defeated) was his legislation to "repeal and replace" Obamacare, which went down to a dramatic defeat in the U.S. Senate in 2017 when he couldn't hold his own troops in line. In truth, while "repealing" or at least dismantling Obamacare (partially by revoking the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, partially by busting up its insurance purchasing exchanges)"
Congressional Democrats are attempting to persuade Donald Trump to approve an extension of Obamacare premium subsidies to avert large premium increases. Trump is focused on winning the 2026 midterms and his pollster believes preventing a steep premium hike could help his party. Without an extension, around 20 million people would face, on average, a doubling of out-of-pocket health insurance costs. Trump made public remarks on Air Force One criticizing Obamacare and suggesting bipartisan cooperation to improve health care with less spending and better outcomes. Trump previously failed to pass repeal-and-replace legislation in 2017 after losing Senate support.
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