NEW: Trump and Republicans Double Down on “Concepts of a Plan” for Healthcare While Letting Health Care Costs Skyrocket Arrow

Donald Trump and Republicans have been claiming for more than a decade that they have plans to make health care affordable - or, as Trump put it, "concepts of a plan." The reality: Republicans have no plan for health care, and they never have.

House Speaker Mike Johnson just yesterday claimed that Republicans have "pages and pages and pages of ideas on how to reform health care," but has yet to share any of these alleged ideas. Vice President JD Vance also said last week that "we do have a plan, actually," but, again, had nothing to show for it.

In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:

"Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are starting to realize that letting health care costs skyrocket for millions of Americans is unpopular, so now they're pretending - again - to have ideas to bring health care costs down. If history tells us anything, those plans don't exist. The truth is that Trump and Republicans' true plan is to let ACA tax credits expire to protect their massive tax breaks for the rich. You would think passing the LARGEST health care cut in history would be enough, but now they're hell bent on making health care even MORE expensive for working families by letting the ACA tax credits expire - while claiming that their 'plan' is just around the corner."

In reality, Trump is keeping the government shut down because he is dead set on letting health care costs skyrocket for 22 million people. That's why Americans overwhelmingly blame Trump and Republicans for the shutdown, and a poll found that 8 in 10 Americans want the tax credits to be extended, including most Republicans. But they have yet to produce a plan or even return from their vacation to reopen the government and prevent health care costs from spiking by 114% for millions of Americans.