(CNN) Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that the White House plans to release an Obamacare replacement plan before the 2020 election, after hosting top administration officials at Camp David over the weekend for a meeting on health care.

"I do think you'll see a plan here fairly shortly," Mulvaney told "Fox News Sunday."

White House aides and administration officials -- including Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- huddled at the historic Maryland property on Saturday to discuss the general path forward for President Trump's health care policy, White House aides said.

The talks ranged from messaging strategies to lowering drug prices to individual health insurance marketplaces. And while Trump this week ruled out taking a vote on an Affordable Care Act alternative prior to the election amid Republican resistance to the prospect, Mulvaney said the forthcoming plan would provide GOP candidates with campaign fodder.

"Republicans have better ideas than Democrats. We should not be afraid to talk about that," Mulvaney said on Fox News. "We want to run on this."

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