KFF Health News September 24, 2024
Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon [it].”
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on “Meet the Press,” Sept. 15
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sept. 15 told viewers of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump built up the Affordable Care Act, even though Trump could have chosen to do the opposite.
“Donald Trump had two choices,” Vance, Trump’s running mate, said. “He could have destroyed the program, or he could actually build upon it and make it better so that Americans didn’t lose a lot of health care. He chose to build upon a plan, even though it came from his Democratic predecessor.”
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