Trump administration doesn’t have a replacement plan for the ACA (Obamacare)

"AG Barr was supposed to be a voice of reason … . An old Washington hand, he had the stature and the backbone to protect the Justice Dept from a White House that often seems to disdain the rule of law.

Turns out it isn’t so."

My latest, in @nytimes: https://t.co/Z0lANzCLrF

— Nicholas Bagley (@nicholas_bagley) March 27, 2019

A longer meditation on the GOP plan to let Democrats do 2018 all over https://t.co/zOnlONX7CR

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) March 26, 2019

A month ago, 2020 looked like it might be a referendum on single-payer. But with Trump shifting toward ACA repeal and more Democrats converging on a public option, it looks like it might be about Obamacare repeal versus Obamacare repair. https://t.co/2PUI3VXU9S

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 27, 2019

"President Trump really has chutzpah to say 'oh well we're going to come up with an alternative plan that's better than Obamacare.' Really?" Zeke Emanuel, an Obamacare architect, says GOP "may very well" be handing 2020 to Dems with latest health care push https://t.co/EWZ9tUdWSx pic.twitter.com/JNfxRQlSaM

— CNN (@CNN) March 27, 2019

Republicans are horrified as Trump goes after Obamacare—again https://t.co/xcpvp7snIn

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 27, 2019

WATCH: Chief of Staff to Mike Pence Marc Short joins MTP Daily to discuss the White House pivoting to health care and says “you should rest assured that 20 million Americans will certainly not be without health insurance." #MTPDaily https://t.co/mCdDZJBM9s pic.twitter.com/PH0dBh2LqI

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 27, 2019

Trump’s budget already has a plan- replace the #ACA with Graham – Cassidy block grants, block grant Medicaid and cut federal spending for both by $775 billion over ten years. Is that no longer operative three weeks later? https://t.co/hFCIAKiUSL

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 27, 2019

Here's the big question to Trump: How do you keep pre-existing conditions without a plan AND when you're trying to get rid of the law that protects that? https://t.co/uugqOPvlwz

— Chris Matthews (@HardballChris) March 27, 2019

ACA numbers are huge:
-More than 11 million people signed up for 2019 on Obamacare exchanges
-More than 12 million insured through Medicaid expansion
-52 million have condition that could have made them uninsurable before Obamacare took effect
All told, more than 1 in 5 Americans

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 27, 2019

After a heated meeting, Trump sided with Mulvaney over the concerns of Pence, Barr and Cipollone to press for court ruling overturning Obamacare. ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ ⁦@ropear⁩ https://t.co/2maCwZFsdx ⁦⁦

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 27, 2019

Donald Trump pledged to have a plan “far better than Obamacare” should the Supreme Court rule in the White House’s favor and strike down the entire Affordable Care Act https://t.co/WyIzRliMuS

— POLITICO (@politico) March 27, 2019

After golfing with Lindsey Graham & listening to Mulvaney, Trump wants to revive health care fight. Telling lawmakers it's his biggest vulnerability. GOP is not nearly as excited & is seeking to change his mind. White House has little plan. w/@rachaelmbade https://t.co/29d3N6lf7E

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 27, 2019

New from President Trump on health care:

"If the Supreme Court rules that Obamacare is out, we'll have a plan that is far better than Obamacare," he says in the Oval Office per pooler @toddgillman

Note-there is NO Republican replacement plan at this time.

— Karen Travers (@karentravers) March 27, 2019

.@JoeNBC on health care: "The reason why Donald Trump should stay away from it – is because it is the one issue that has proven the intellectual bankruptcy of the Republican party – how they are void of ideas. They started running against Obamacare in 2009, a decade later." pic.twitter.com/EqRWaSjmDc

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 27, 2019