Pres Trump “We blew it the last time. Man, I was fed a bill of goods,” Trump said Tuesday in a speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual spring dinner. “We can't run away” from health care, he added, saying that if the party doesn't address the issue: “We'll lose.” (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)

(Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump said Republicans “blew it” on health care and will lose the 2020 election if they don't devise a plan to repeal Obamacare that protects coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

“We blew it the last time. Man, I was fed a bill of goods,” Trump said Tuesday in a speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual spring dinner. “We can't run away” from health care, he added, saying that if the party doesn't address the issue: “We'll lose.”

Democrats “have health care right now and we need to take that away from them,” Trump said, laying out a strategy for the 2020 campaign.

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