{"id":1006354,"date":"2019-09-12T20:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T20:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1006354"},"modified":"2019-09-16T13:23:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T13:23:07","slug":"white-house-gives-up-on-health-care-plan-that-never-existed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/white-house-gives-up-on-health-care-plan-that-never-existed\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Gives Up On Health Care Plan That Never Existed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1006157 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/War-Room.png?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Republican officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/paloma\/the-health-202\/2019\/09\/12\/the-health-202-white-house-may-have-given-up-on-health-plan-it-says-it-is-writing\/5d792969602ff171a5d73563\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/paloma\/the-health-202\/2019\/09\/12\/the-health-202-white-house-may-have-given-up-on-health-plan-it-says-it-is-writing\/5d792969602ff171a5d73563\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1568400079777000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEq9Rm9u05UY3M32ZVH1Xp1L4rp9g\">said<\/a> the Trump administration is giving up on its health care plan and instead is focused on \u201cdamage control\u201d &#8211; a response to the fallout if Trump succeeds in his lawsuit to overturn the ACA and its preexisting conditions protections.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But let\u2019s be honest &#8211; the White House never had a plan besides destroying the ACA and ignoring the tens of millions of people who will lose their health care if Trump gets his way. The White House\u2019s only plan is to take their health care away.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">THE WHITE HOUSE MADE UP MEETINGS ON ITS NONEXISTENT PLAN: Kellyanne Conway claimed she had briefed House Republicans on a White House health care plan in a meeting House members said never happened.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-pulse\/2019\/08\/09\/house-gop-unaware-of-trumps-health-plan-712335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-pulse\/2019\/08\/09\/house-gop-unaware-of-trumps-health-plan-712335&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1568400079777000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUiyZ38HqFoypCYbuAGY4Z10K7DQ\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cHOUSE GOP IN THE DARK ON TRUMP\u2019S HEALTH PLAN \u2014 White House counselor Kellyanne Conway sent a ripple through Washington this week when she said Trump would unveil his long-awaited health care plan next month \u2014 adding that the administration had already briefed House Republicans on the details of a proposal she reportedly called \u2018elaborate\u2019 and \u2018impressive.\u2019 If such a briefing happened, it remains unclear \u2014 even to many House Republicans \u2014 when and where it occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TRUMP PUT OFF A PLAN UNTIL AFTER 2020 &#8211; WITH BIG STIPULATIONS: Trump said he would only put forward a health care plan if Republicans won both houses of Congress and the White House in 2020.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2019\/04\/26\/full_video_sean_hannity_interviews_trump_on_biden_russia_probe_fisa_abuse_comey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2019\/04\/26\/full_video_sean_hannity_interviews_trump_on_biden_russia_probe_fisa_abuse_comey.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1568400079777000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFgwuGOIc-uJx64Bf9ym2Z6ZyF8Wg\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cBut Obamacare is actually, it&#8217;s very important but it&#8217;s actually a small part. We have a very big case in court, and I think eventually the Democrats and Republicans would come together. But we have a fantastic plan that we&#8217;ll be rolling out and it&#8217;s subject to us winning back the House, keeping the presidency which, I think we&#8217;re going to do. And also, obviously winning the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BJ0Ncf7qNak?t=1484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/youtu.be\/BJ0Ncf7qNak?t%3D1484&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1568400079777000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGi-BbwxrXv1UMRcKbotYuyzOXD_g\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re going to make something really good, and I will leave that for the beginning of my second term. If we can win the House, the Senate, and the presidency, we will have health care that\u2019s going to be phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TRUMP HASN\u2019T EVEN SIGNED OFF ON CONCEPTS OF A PLAN: Trump has yet to even sign off on major concepts related to an ACA replacement plan.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/white-house-weighs-september-rollout-of-health-plan-11564849221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/white-house-weighs-september-rollout-of-health-plan-11564849221&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1568400079777000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzRAfZ1tWVPmkiQvTMAkxtQS9_VQ\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cWhite House officials stressed that the plans haven&#8217;t been completed, and some close to the president have privately expressed skepticism. One former White House official raised the possibility that the plan may not materialize this fall if Mr. Trump second-guesses the effort. The administration is also still weighing how specific the plan should be, the people familiar with the plan said, and the ideas have yet to get Mr. Trump\u2019s sign off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TRUMP IS GIVING UP ON A HEALTH CARE PLAN ALTOGETHER: Instead of creating a plan to replace the ACA, the White House is focused on \u201cdamage control\u201d if they succeed in taking health care from millions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/paloma\/the-health-202\/2019\/09\/12\/the-health-202-white-house-may-have-given-up-on-health-plan-it-says-it-is-writing\/5d792969602ff171a5d73563\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/paloma\/the-health-202\/2019\/09\/12\/the-health-202-white-house-may-have-given-up-on-health-plan-it-says-it-is-writing\/5d792969602ff171a5d73563\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1568400079777000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEq9Rm9u05UY3M32ZVH1Xp1L4rp9g\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cA former White House staffer and several congressional aides and activists say they\u2019ve been told the Trump administration has moved away from seeking an Obamacare replacement and is instead focused on damage control should a judge rule next month to topple the entire law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican officials said the Trump administration is giving up on its health care plan and instead is focused on \u201cdamage control\u201d &#8211; a response to the fallout if Trump succeeds in his lawsuit to overturn the ACA and its preexisting conditions protections. But let\u2019s be honest &#8211; the White House never had a plan besides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White House Gives Up On Health Care Plan That Never Existed - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/white-house-gives-up-on-health-care-plan-that-never-existed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-12T20:07:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-16T13:23:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/War-Room.png?w=300\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/white-house-gives-up-on-health-care-plan-that-never-existed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/white-house-gives-up-on-health-care-plan-that-never-existed\/\",\"name\":\"White House Gives Up On Health Care Plan That Never Existed - 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