Mr. Trump is pressing Congress to adopt the health care legislation, which would cut deeply into Medicaid and dismantle the programs and prescriptions of the Affordable Care Act. Mr. Trump has threatened to end such payments, raising uncertainty in insurance markets and increasing premiums for 2018. “Whether he pivots or not will be one of the most fundamental questions of this administration,” Mr. Schumer said. (In private, she calls Mr. Schumer “Chuckles.”) He is more freewheeling and off the cuff. Mr. Miller gave Ms. Pelosi an auspicious introduction: “You’re going to meet Nancy Pelosi,” Mr. Schumer recalls him saying.

Source: New York Times September 20, 2017 19:51 UTC