Donald Trump Tells Democrats To call Me To Fix Healthcare

Donald Trump.
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President Donald Trump is inviting congressional Democrats to "call me to fix" America's healthcare system, as he prepares an order ceasing federal subsidy payments to health insurers.

In a predawn post on his Twitter account Friday, the president reiterated his oft-stated argument that "Obamacare is imploding."

Addressing Democrats, he tweeted that "massive subsidy payments to their pet insurance companies has stopped," adding: "Dems should call me to fix!"

Since his presidential campaign and nearly nine months in office, Trump has persistently called for getting rid of the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 Obama-era healthcare law. His fellow Republicans joined him in that cause, but neither Trump nor the GOP has been able to muster sufficient strength to get a repeal bill through the Senate.

In a brash move likely to roil insurance markets, Trump says he will "immediately" halt payments to insurers under the ACA, which he has been trying click to unravel for months.