Trump: The States Can Do a Better Job on Health Care than the Federal Gov’t

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TRUMP: "And as a smaller entity, the states will be able to take better care of a person with a bad back, with a bad prognosis, with a problem. I would like the federal government to focus on the Middle East, to focus on North Korea, to focus on things where we have very big problems. The states can do a better job than the federal government when it comes to health care. And that’s what we’re letting you do. And we’re committing $45 billion to help combat the opioid epidemic, and some states in particular like that. My message today is really simple. We have to stay here, we shouldn’t leave town, we should hammer this out and get it done. And not just the repeal. Hey, it was sort of early on along with a few of the other folks at the table. The repeal was fine. But we ought to get more than — I think the people of this country need more than a repeal. They need a repeal and a replace. And we were very, very close and then little things happened, but now we’re very close again. We have to get it there."