Record / E-2026-0035
Health plan promised in two weeks is restated five times in nine days and not issued
On June 20, 2018, Trump said: we're going to be announcing another health care in the next 2 weeks done by Secretary Alex Azar. He restated it four more times through June 28: on June 26, Secretary Azar is coming out with one in 2 weeks; twice on June 27, including We are coming out with that plan in two weeks; and on June 28, Secretary Azar is coming out in 3 weeks with a massive plan. No plan matching the description was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services in 2018. The department's next major dated action was a proposed rule published October 30, 2018, 132 days after the first statement.
Context
The phrase another form of health care is broad enough that a reader may point to the short-term limited-duration insurance rule issued in August 2018 as a delivery. The finding recorded here is about the stated interval rather than the subject matter: eight days after saying two weeks, he restated the same promise as three weeks, which resets the clock without delivering. This is the most repeated single instance located in term 45.
Sources
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Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion on Protecting American Workers in Duluth, Minnesota
Remarks, June 20, 2018, American Presidency Project
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Remarks at a Lunch With Republican Members of Congress and an Exchange With Reporters
Remarks, June 26, 2018, American Presidency Project
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Remarks at a Make America Great Again Rally in Fargo, North Dakota
Remarks, June 27, 2018, American Presidency Project
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Remarks at a Foxconn Technology Group Groundbreaking Ceremony in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
Remarks, June 28, 2018, American Presidency Project
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Medicare Program: International Pricing Index Model for Medicare Part B Drugs
83 FR 54546, published October 30, 2018