New York — The White House has long said there’s no second option after Friday’s failure to vote to repeal and replace Obamacare. Yet President Donald Trump has previously mused about taking a different path: letting the health law collapse on its own and forcing Democrats to the table. And he returned to those remarks on Friday, saying, "We’ll end up with a truly great health care bill in the future after this mess known as Obamacare explodes." "It’s imploding and soon will explode and it’s not going to be pretty," Trump said. "The Democrats don’t want to see that. So, they’re going to reach out when they’re ready." GOP leaders pulled their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare after it became clear they didn’t have the votes to pass it. There are several things the administration and Tom Price, Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary, can do to help the law or undermine it at a critical juncture: Matt Lloyd, an HHS spokesman, didn’t respond to a request for comment on Friday ab...
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