Trump Presses GOP to Move Health Plan as Premium Hikes Loom
A pharmacist pulls a drug from a shelf inside a pharmacy in Provo, Utah.
Photographer: George Frey/BloombergPresident Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to quickly move on a White House healthcare plan, seeking to shift the narrative on an issue that threatens his party’s hold on Congress with millions of Americans facing premium hikes or the risk of lost coverage.
“I think we can make healthcare into a Republican issue because the Republicans are going to be close to unanimous on this,” Trump said at a White House roundtable on rural healthcare.