Gillian Turner: I’d Caution Trump and GOP with Chipping Away at the ACA

‘ — one executive order at a time is going to be an awfully painful exercise over the next few years’

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TURNER: "I would caution the president and all Republicans that chipping away at the Affordable Care Act, executive order — one executive order at a time is going to be an awfully painful exercise over the next few years. If we look at what Chuck Schumer said to the president last week over the phone, which was allegedly repeal and replace is now dead for the final time ... And then Schumer said, Mr. President, repeal and replacing Obamacare is officially dead. It died its last death a couple of weeks ago. If we take him at his word, the president really has two paths forward. One is, reforming ObamaCare through executive action, which is the option I refer to is going to be incredibly painful for everybody involved. You can also try and cut a deal with Dems. I think the president is showing this week, this past week, that he’s trying to pursue both those options at once."

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