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Trump described every state signing up and health costs falling, giving figures elsewhere in the same exchange. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Transcript: White House Oval Office Q&A on the press ban, September 18, 2026 (via Newsmax's The Record) · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:53086da54a1d728a73a56f0a8a139be48f31063953b47ea09b3759d9b793579a

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, the Democrats were — they didn't help, but they all signed up. I mean, they all signed up and they signed up quickly. You know, every one of them. … Every state came on board almost immediately. … But they all signed up, and they can't believe it, and their health care costs are way down because of it.

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