President Trump urged Senate Republicans Saturday to end Obamacare and send federal health care spending “directly to the people,” as the federal government shutdown stretched into its 38th day.
“I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social.
“In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare,” he wrote.
Trump weighed in on a day the Senate is holding a rare Saturday session after a deal collapsed that would have reopened at least three federal agencies while temporarily extending government funding.
Obamacare insurance subsidies are a top negotiating point for Senate Democrats, who have refused to support the House-passed bill that would reopen the government without addressing the surge in subsidy costs. As both sides dig in, the shutdown continues with no immediate resolution in sight.