Trump says GOP will have a "much better" plan than Obamacare

March 27, 2019, 16:39 GMT

By Lauren Egan

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Wednesday that if the Supreme Court overruled the Affordable Care Act, Republicans would have a "better" political plan.

Obamacare was "way too expensive for the people, not just for the country," Trump told reporters at the Oval Office at a press conference Wednesday morning.

Trump also described President Barack Obama's signature legislation as "disaster" and "what we can not live in this country".

Trump has not yet provided details on the health care plan that would replace the Affordable Care Act.

His comments Wednesday came two days after his administration called for the write-off of the entire ACA.

Although the administration has called for changes to the CAA before, Monday's announcement by the Department of Justice was a significant policy change and offered the Democrats an opportunity to redirect the discussion to health care.

Republicans have tried and failed to repeal the ACA dozens of times without a replacement being in place, most recently in 2017. If the ACA were to re-appear before the Supreme Court, such as the Trump administration wishes, this would be the third time that the Court would hear a case concerning the constitutionality of the law.

CORRECTION (March 27 at 1:10 pm Eastern Time): A previous version of this article was erroneous when the administration stated that it was seeking to repeal the entirety of the Affordable Care Act. It was Monday, not Tuesday.