--- title: President Trump: Love to Work with Democrats on Health Care description: President Trump says he wishes Democrats and Republicans would work together on health care. canonical: https://time.com/4829896/president-trump-health-care-republicans-democrats-bill/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-23T11:36:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:17:20.517Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump: Love to Work with Democrats on Health Care og:description: President Trump says he wishes Democrats and Republicans would work together on health care. og:url: https://time.com/4829896/president-trump-health-care-republicans-democrats-bill/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8da9a1ae9a98259b/6988d2770b72e36a846ee52b/gettyimages-698536672.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: President Trump Meets With President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump: Love to Work with Democrats on Health Care twitter:description: President Trump says he wishes Democrats and Republicans would work together on health care. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8da9a1ae9a98259b/6988d2770b72e36a846ee52b/gettyimages-698536672.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Says He'd Love to Work with Democrats to 'Come Up With the Perfect Health Care Plan' > Sponsored content. 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Pool—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jun 23, 2017 11:36 AM UTC President Trump says he wishes Democrats and Republicans would work together on [health care](http://time.com/4827508/health-care-bill-senate-provisions/). “They are right now obstructionists; all they want to try to do is obstruct,” Trump said of Democrats in an [interview on Fox](http://video.foxnews.com/v/5481114568001/?playlist%5Fid=930909787001#sp=show-clips) that aired Friday. “Boy, would the people love to see the two parties getting together and coming up with the perfect health care plan… I don’t think that’s what’s going to happen, but that’s what should happen.” Senate Republicans unveiled a version of a [health care bill](http://time.com/4829481/health-care-bill-trouble-senate/) Thursday, but [four GOP senators](http://time.com/4829024/ahca-senate-bill-rand-paul-ted-cruz-gop-opposition/) have already said they won’t go along with the bill as written. “They’re four good guys, they’re four friends of mine,” Trump said. “I think they’ll probably get there.” The president also explained why he hasn’t been able to rush and pass new health care legislation during his first five months in office. “People have worked on health care for many years,” Trump said. “It’s a very complicated situation from the standpoint that you do something that’s good for one group, bad for another. 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