ELECTION/GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Buoyed by word that the special counsel didn’t find collusion with Russia, President Donald Trump is voicing new interest in policymaking, including a fresh effort to repeal and replace ‘Obamacare.’ But Trump has few detailed policy proposals to back up his words, suggesting he’s as focused on highlighting issues that appeal to his political base as actually enacting legislation. Trump stressed his desire to revive his failed effort to kill the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday [3-27-19], a pivot to health care that both broadens and complicates the administration’s agenda. Many in the GOP remain skeptical that Trump can notch many policy wins in the divided Congress. Speaking of a new health care proposal — still unproposed — Trump promised on Wednesday that ‘we’re coming up with plans’ and his GOP was the party of ‘great health care.’ His administration this week surprised many when it asked a federal appeals court to strike down President Barack Obama’s entire 2010 health care law, breaking with what had been a more modest effort to undo only parts of the act.”
–Associated Press, “Trump Turns to Health Care With an Eye on 2020,” The New York Times online, March 27, 2019