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Pushing for vote on health care bill, Trump seems unclear on its details

He insisted that the repeal bill would protect Americans with pre-existing medical conditions

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US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Robert Pear | NYT
After two false starts on President Trump’s promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump administration officials ratcheted up pressure on the House on Monday to vote on a revised version of the Republican repeal bill this week, even as support may actually be eroding.

The president complicated his pitch with a jumble of statements that indicated he did not fully understand the content of the measure he was pushing. He insisted that the repeal bill would protect Americans with pre-existing medical conditions, as the Affordable Care Act does. But a host of medical groups and disease advocacy organizations said it