Top Republicans have said they want to produce a proposal in short order to counter Democrats pressing for an extension of health care subsidies. Joel White spoke with The New York Times about proposals from Republicans and the White House.
But nobody seems to know what that might be. Joel White, a health policy analyst who advises Republicans, said that any plan that could garner 60 votes in the Senate would be unlikely to pass the House. The most important feature of any proposal, he said, was whether it had the support of Mr. Trump.
“I don’t know if it’s possible to do something in three weeks,” said Mr. White, who testified before Mr. Cassidy’s committee this week. “The key driver for most policy actions in this Congress has been Donald Trump. What has Trump said? He has said, ‘Give the money to the consumers, not to the insurance companies.’”