White House confident Obamacare replacement will come this year

By Sarah Bedford

Published February 7, 2017 7:15pm ET

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White House confident Obamacare replacement will come this year — "We continue to be optimistic about getting this thing [Obamacare replacement] completed by this year," Spicer said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

President Trump expects to have an Affordable Care Act alternative introduced in Congress by the end of the year, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday.

“He’s working with Congress,” Spicer said of Trump’s progress on an Obamacare replacement plan. “I think he’s been very clear that he owes the American people a result that’s going to lower costs and provide more access.”

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