It's a game of political hot potato, with President Trump urging Senate Republicans to come up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act — and Senate Republicans arguing that's something the White House should do, The Washington Post reports.
Many Republican lawmakers think it's a terrible idea to try to replace the ACA, also known as ObamaCare, ahead of the 2020 elections, noting it won't even be possible with a divided Congress. Yet Trump called several GOP senators on Tuesday and Wednesday, trying to pressure them into writing new laws, the Post reports. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) told Fox News on Wednesday the White House should write the GOP plan, not Congress. "We don't need 12 of them," he said. "We need one solution."
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Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wy.) said he spoke with Trump on Wednesday morning, and told the Post the president is "100 percent committed to ensuring that people with pre-existing conditions get covered." White House aides said administration officials do not have a plan, but are looking at something Barrasso has put together involving short-term insurance "free from ObamaCare's burdensome mandates."
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