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Pence Says Trump Plans to Repeal ACA Right 'Out of the
Gate'
By Emily Rappleye
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resident-elect Donald Trump has decided repealing the ACA
will officially be among his top priorities when he takes office,
Vice President-elect Mike Pence told Chris Wallace on Fox
News on Nov. 20, 2016.
"Decisions have been made by the President-elect that he wants to fo-
cus out of the gate on repealing Obamacare and beginning the process
of replacing Obamacare with the kind of free market solutions that he
campaigned on," Mr. Pence said on Fox News.
e Trump-Pence transition team has been working with congressio-
nal leaders from both political parties to move Mr. Trump's "aggressive
policy agenda" forward, Mr. Pence said. is weekend Mr. Pence met
with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Major-
ity Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi (D-Calif.), and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), according to
the interview.
Later on the show, Fox News spoke with Sen. Schumer, who said the
ACA is one of the issues on which Democrats plan to "oppose [Mr.
Trump] tooth and nail." Sen. Schumer said Mr. Trump would not be
successful in his efforts to repeal the healthcare reform law.
"He won't be able to do it, because now even he, aer his meeting with
President Obama, said, 'Oh, I want to keep the good things.' Well, you
can't keep the good things without keeping [the] ACA," Sen. Schumer
told Fox News.
Scott Becker, publisher of Becker's Hospital Review, says it is still unclear
if Mr. Trump can or will be able to push through an ACA repeal. "It's a
fascinating statement because it's not clear Republicans have the votes
to repeal this without making complicated accommodations on a few
levels, particularly for preexisting conditions and some funding issues,"
Mr. Becker says.
Aer repealing the ACA, the Trump administration plans to prioritize
immigration laws, tax reform, military reinforcement and infrastruc-
ture improvements, according to Mr. Pence.
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