Some conservatives, who have cheered Trump's attempts to undermine Obamacare, worry that the response to the virus will lead to an increased government role in health care that will be difficult to undo. (Photo: Shutterstock)
After spending much of his presidency trying to upend a government health care program put in place by his predecessor, President Trump is now overseeing a massive expansion of the federal government's role in health care.
"President Trump is probably now overseeing one of the biggest expansions in government health spending in one year ever," Larry Levitt, the executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, tells Politico.
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