WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled an outline of his healthcare proposal as affordability and what to do about lapsed-Affordable Care Act tax credits take center stage.
The President is calling it the “Great Healthcare Plan”: a proposal to lower drug prices and insurance premiums amid an affordability crisis.
“I am thrilled to announce my plan to lower healthcare prices for all Americans,” said President Trump in a recorded message included with the announcement. “The government is going to pay the money directly to you. It goes to you, and then you take the money and buy your own healthcare.”
President Trump says the Great Healthcare Plan would codifying previous deals made with drug manufacturers to lower costs and work to lower healthcare premiums by sending billions in subsidies directly to Americans. The proposal also mandates insurers publish coverage and cost comparisons, and providers accepting Medicaid and Medicare post their prices.
Trump had previously pitched similar solutions, although nothing outlined addresses or replaces the ACA enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of 2025.
With millions of Americans already seeing their costs skyrocket, the White House is attempting to stop the bleed, with President Trump ending his address by calling on Congress to pass his framework into law “without delay.”
But over on the Hill, Congress is running into roadblocks. While both parties agree healthcare and affordability will be big issues for 2026, negotiations on a healthcare deal that were once at a fever pitch have seemed to stall.
“Until I hear affirmative statements… from the Democrat leader,” explained Sen. Bernie Moreno (R, OH) when asked how talks are going, “that he is going to encourage his conference to vote for that, there’s really no reason why we should spend any more time or effort to come up with a solution.”
A bipartisan group of senators is still working to find their own healthcare solution as Open Enrollment ticks to an end; but arguments over federal funding for abortions and whether any extension of the expired ACA tax credits is still possible mean it’s unclear if Trump’s plan is just what the doctor ordered, or a poison pill to the careful talks underway at the Capitol.
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