Michael Wolff's controversial new book — "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" — alleges President Donald Trump floated the idea of Medicare-for-all and supported Congressional efforts to repeal and replace the ACA only because he felt obligated to do so, according to The Hill.
President Trump reportedly asked staffers to explain the Medicare-for-all plan proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and questioned why Medicare couldn't provide coverage for all Americans, Mr. Wolff claims in his book. The book also alleges President Trump was unconcerned with the details of Congressional efforts to repeal and replace the ACA and supported the proposal only so he could move on to other legislative issues.
"I want to get to taxes," President Trump said during a March speech in Nashville, Tenn., according to The Hill. "I want to cut the hell out of taxes. But before I can do that — I would have loved to put it first, to be honest — there is one more very important thing that we have to do, and we are going to repeal and replace horrible, disastrous ObamaCare."
President Trump previously supported the idea of universal healthcare in his 2000 book, "The America We Deserve." Mr. Wolff did not interview the president for his book, and President Trump said the book is "full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist."