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.”
Spicer said Trump is focused more on the “end result” of a healthcare plan than the ins and outs of how Republicans would fix Obamacare.
He said the president has worked closely with congressional leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to shape the Obamacare alternative.
“We continue to be optimistic about getting this thing completed by this year,” Spicer said. “We don’t want to end up with the same result that Democrats did.”
