# Trump tells GOP it’s time to ‘own’ health care while urging ‘flexibility’ on abortion restrictions

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/trump-tells-gop-its-time-to-own-health-care-while-urging-flexibility-on-abortion-restrictions/
- Published: 2026-01-07T09:45:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: President Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP conference retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC – January 6, 2026. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by Megan Messerly. Politico – January 6, 2026. President Donald Trump urged House Republicans on Tuesday to take control of an issue that even he admits the GOP has long struggled to claim: health care. At the end of a winding, nearly 90-minute speech to the House GOP conference, which Trump touted as a “roadmap” to winning the midterm elections, he demanded Republicans show flexibility on their long-standing stance against the use of federal dollars to pay for abortion, a call that prompted swift blowback. He also asked them to enact an insurance plan that sends dollars directly to consumers instead of insurance companies and “own” in-vitro fertilization policy. […] Click here to view original web page at www.politico.com Related articles: Trump Has No Health Plan, He Has the Art of the Health Care Deal – KFF Trump’s idea for health accounts has been tried. Millions ended up in debt. – Tucson Sentinel Trump’s lies and policies make health care less affordable | Opinion – USA Today