If Trump is going to link arms with Democrats, it’s far more likely to be on three other areas he spoke about Tuesday: wiping out HIV/AIDS, increasing federal spending on cancer research and reining in prescription drug costs. As welcome as those proposals may be, however, they come amid incessant efforts by the administration to undermine Obamacare — particularly, the law’s efforts to make comprehensive insurance policies available to more low- and moderate-income Americans. If Trump is serious about working with Democrats on healthcare, he will stop trying to destabilize the Affordable Care Act and start using it as a vehicle to cover more people, improve the quality of care and slow the growth of healthcare costs.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 06, 2019 04:30 UTC