Democrats press Trump official for answers on ObamaCare replacement plan
Hill February 13, 2020
Democrats are seething at President Trump‘s top health official Thursday for not having a backup plan in case the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is overturned in a pending lawsuit supported by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar told senators during a hearing Thursday a plan is not needed until the “final judgment” is made in the lawsuit.
“I don’t know what you’re waiting for. If you have a better idea show us, but I have yet to see one plan that the administration has put forward,” Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) told Azar during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the HHS budget request.