“He also believes strongly in the safety net and is very unlikely to reduce funding for those programs.”
I remember the first primary debate when all the other Reps were taking shots at him on healthcare, thinking that was his biggest weak spot. Trump answered them all with the same words...”I will not let people die in the streets”. Cruz especially, went after him hard on that answer, saying he wanted ObamaCare and socialized medicine; he just knew he had Trump dead to rights.
I also remember the day of the Indiana primary, just before he locked up the nomination, Cruz was still hammering Trump with the now very tired line about socialized medicine. He just knew he had him dead to rights:)
Trump has never changed his position on healthcare in this regard and he was honest about it, something that the wife and me (and I’m sure millions of other voters)appreciated.
The Freedom Caucus will drive Trump right into the arms of the moderate Democrats because that will be the only way he can keep his promise.
Either people soon forget or they didn't believe what he said...Trump said everyone will be covered (that want to be)...The gov't will pick up the tab for those who can't pay and those who can will get the coverage at a far less rate than we have now...He also said he won't touch Social Security...
Trump is not far right and he didn't campaign far right...Trump truly wants to benefit all Americans, not just the Republicans who want all the money to be in their pockets...
There was a phase 2 and a phase 3 to this current bill and I suspect Trump had plans to iron out the sticky detail in phase 1...That's gone now...