Donald Trump's Allies Can't Stop Talking About Restarting The Obamacare Wars

It sure sounds like another prominent Republican is looking to roll back key parts of the Affordable Care Act.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told NBC News on Tuesday night that Republicans could take up significant health care policy reforms if they emerge from the November election with governing majorities. Cotton was speaking to reporters in the “spin room” following Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate in New York City.

“We’ll have an opportunity next year, when it comes time to extend the Trump tax cuts, to adopt new policies that again will make health care more affordable and more personalized,” said Cotton, who was speaking on behalf of former President Donald Trump’s campaign.

His reference to the Trump tax cuts was about a series of breaks Republicans enacted in 2017 that are set to expire at the end of this year.

Cotton went on to specify that Republicans could enact health care reforms by using the budget “reconciliation” process, the protected legislative track for fiscal issues that allows bills to get through the Senate with a simple majority rather than the 60 votes it takes to overcome a filibuster.

The statement is notable because even the most optimistic election scenarios for Republicans envision their post-2024 majority falling well short of 60 members.

Health care was a topic of discussion in the debate spin room because it had come up in the debate, following a series of statementsby Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), that they were still interested in repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.

Trump (as usual) has not specified what kind of replacement he has in mind, saying only that he has “ concepts of a plan .” But Vance has said Republicans were