Trump, GOP look to ‘Obamacare’ report as comeback lifeline
DORAL, Fla. — Suddenly armed with fresh political ammunition, Donald Trump and anxious Republicans across the nation seized on spiking health care costs Tuesday in a final-days effort to spark election momentum.
The Republican presidential nominee, trekking across must-win Florida, insisted “Obamacare is just blowing up” after the government projected sharp cost increases for President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Democrat Hillary Clinton, fighting to block Trump in the same battleground state, has vowed to preserve insurance for the millions of Americans covered under the law, but her team described the cost surge as a “big concern.”
Trump closed out the day by casting the government’s projections about the health care law in personal terms.
“It’s killing our businesses. It’s killing our small businesses. And it’s killing individuals,” Trump told supporters at an evening rally in Tallahassee, without presenting evidence to back up his assertions.