Trump promotes health care 'vision' in NC

President Donald Trump visited swing state rth Carolina to unveil his 'vision' for a new health care plan.

president says plan includes affordable prices, with lower prescription drug costs, more consumer choice and greater transparency.

But while Trump administration has made some progress on its health care goals, sweeping changes he promised as a candidate in 2016 have eluded him. Democrats are warning Trump would turn back clock if given ar four years in White House, and y're promising cover for all and lower drug prices.

clock has all but run out in Congress for major legislation on lowering drug costs or ending surprise bills, much less replacing Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.”

And number of uninsured Americans had started edging up even before job losses in ecomic shutdown to try to contain coronavirus pandemic.

Various studies have tried to estimate additional cover losses this year, but most authoritative government statistics have a long time lag.

Meanwhile, Trump is pressing Supreme Court to invalidate entire Obama health law, which provides cover to more than 20 million people and protects Americans with medical problems from insurance discrimination. case will be argued a week after Election Day.

death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has added ar layer of uncertainty. Without Ginsburg, re's longer a majority of five justices who previously had voted to uphold ACA.