More than a month after winning the presidential election, Donald Trump admitted that he still only has “concepts of a plan” for health care.
During his only debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in September, Trump received criticism for saying he had “concepts of a plan” to replace the Affordable Care Act, the health care law signed by President Barack Obama.
In an interview with Kristen Welker, host of NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Trump suggested that is all he has, months later.
Trump told Welker that he has “concepts of a plan that would be better” than Obamacare, though he did not offer any specific details.
“We have the biggest health care companies looking at it. We have doctors who are always looking. Because Obamacare stinks. It’s lousy. There are better answers,” Trump said in the interview.
“If we come up with a better answer, I would present that answer to Democrats and to everybody else and I’d do something about it. But until we have that or until they can approve it—but we’re not going to go through the big deal. I am the one that saved Obamacare, I will say,” he continued.
Trump also criticized Republican senators including the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for sinking his efforts to repeal Obamacare during his first term.
“When John McCain let us down by voting, and Murkowski and Collins, and whoever it was that voted against, but they really let us down,” Trump said. “They did us a great disservice, because we would’ve had great health—Obamacare is lousy health care. It’s very expensive health care for the people. It’s also expensive for the country, but for the people. It’s lousy health care.”
