""You gotta be a little flexible," Trump said in reference to the Hyde Amendment during a caucus retreat in D.C. "You gotta work something. You gotta use ingenuity.""
"Trump added that Democrats are "owned" by insurance companies, and suggested the left-leaning lawmakers are responsible for high insurance prices."
"The president told Republicans to seize the opportunity to lower rising costs, telling GOP leaders, "You can own health care." "Figure it out," he said. "Let the money go directly to the people.""
President Trump urged flexibility on the Hyde Amendment and encouraged Republicans to use ingenuity to address abortion-related funding questions. He accused Democrats of being "owned" by insurance companies and blamed them for high insurance prices, urging GOP leaders to "own health care" and let money go directly to people. Abortion politics have emerged as a major obstacle to extending enhanced ACA subsidies, which expired in December and raised premiums for millions. The House will vote on a "clean" subsidy extension after GOP centrists forced the vote, while Senate GOP leadership is unlikely to support it. The Hyde Amendment permits ACA plans to cover abortion when state or private funds pay, and anti-abortion groups call existing segregation of funds an "accounting gimmick."
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