Sen. George Mitchell says repealing Obamacare would be “a huge step backward for our country”

Mitchell said he recognizes the issue’s complexity and sees no easy solution. “I think it’s likely that it will be repealed…the real challenge they have is what to do to replace it.” Mitchell said that repeal of Obamacare will likely have the worst effects in parts of country that strongly supported Trump.

Mitchell seemed to have mixed reactions to Trump’s plans for a replacement to Obamacare, saying: “I think there are ways to come up with an alternative, as Mr. Trump himself has said, that retains some of the benefits The difficulty is the benefits he wants to retain are impossible without the parts he wants to jettison.” Despite his worries, Mitchell seemed to have hope and emphasized that the solution will be found by combining ideas and working together to “provide insurance for the maximum amount of Americans possible.”