Politico January 16, 2026
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THE BLAME GAME — President Donald Trump released his health care affordability plan Thursday — a sweeping blueprint pressuring Congress to cement many of his executive actions into law, Kelly reports with POLITICO’s Amanda Chu, David Lim and Robert King.
Interspersed with invective aimed at longtime GOP allies in the health care industry, the plan asks lawmakers to codify the administration’s deals with drugmakers to lower drug prices, put taxpayer money in low-income individuals’ health savings accounts and require more transparency from insurers Trump accuses of using “complexity to make it difficult for Americans to hold them to account.”
Why it matters: Republicans, on their heels after letting Obamacare premiums spike this month, had generally sounded ready...
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