Strategy Emerges to Pass New ObamaCare Remedy

President Trump seemed to back away even further on Wednesday from his support of a bipartisan deal that would shore up ObamaCare for the near future. 

In a tweet, Trump said he could "never support bailing out" insurance companies, referring to the deal struck between Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray to restore subsidies to big insurers for two years. Trump's opposition would all but doom chances of getting it passed, notes Politico, but it's difficult to gauge exactly how opposed he is, given the "mixed signals" he's been sending over the last two days, per the Washington Post

Alexander, for one, suggests there's not much reason to worry because Trump phoned him Wednesday and said he's still open to the deal, subject to his final review. Meanwhile, a strategy is emerging on how to slip it through Congress.

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