Trump Turns Election Into Referendum on Health Care

First Read: “For the short term, Trump’s decision to punt on health care for the time being relieves some anxiety for congressional Republicans after Trump’s Justice Department said the entire Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, is unconstitutional.”

“Thought bubble for a GOP senator: ‘Phew, we don’t have to come up with another plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.'”

“But in the long term, at least through the 2020 election, Trump’s tweets allow every Democratic campaign to say, ‘The president wants the presidential election to be a referendum on health care!’ And we saw how that played out in 2018.”