Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Friday that President-elect Donald Trump “fully supports” his plan to delay the repeal of Obamacare until a replacement plan is prepared.
The Kentucky senator claimed on Twitter that he received these assurances from Trump directly.
I just spoke to @realDonaldTrump and he fully supports my plan to replace Obamacare the same day we repeal it. The time to act is now.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 7, 2017
Paul this week said it would be a “huge mistake” for Congress to move forward with a quick repeal of the healthcare legislation that delays replacement until two years down the line. In a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” he said “repeal and delay” could lead to insurance company bankruptcies.
Other senators including Susan Collins (R-ME), Bob Corker (R-TN) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have also called for simultaneous repeal and replacement in recent days, while Lamar Alexander (R-TN) told TPM that the GOP conference should “listen carefully to Rand Paul.”
Republicans have yet to put forward any type of proposal for replacement, citing a lack of consensus on what it would look like.
Shorter Rand: We are in so completely over our heads that nothing will change because we’ve got nothin’.
He said, he said…
BS
how will that work exactly?
they’ve already shown themselves to be pretty inept at walking and chewing gum at the same time…
I would like to see anyone in the media call their bluff about having a plan at all. Eight years of claiming a plan was almost ready, so lets see it.
Dog catches bus.