President Donald Trump is presenting Republicans with their latest wildcard in last-ditch efforts to craft a bipartisan fix for expired Affordable Care Act subsidies.  

The president’s pitch Tuesday for the GOP to frame healthcare as a winning issue for the midterm elections rested largely on the need to be “flexible on Hyde,” the law that prohibits federal funds for abortions but that stands in the way of a deal on the pandemic-era enhanced tax credits that lapsed Jan. 1.