President Trump does not support speeding up the rollback of the Medicaid expansion, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Friday, contradicting earlier reports.

Reports emerged Thursday that Trump is urging GOP leadership to include an earlier sunset of the Medicaid expansion than what is currently included in the ObamaCare repeal and replace bill. Conservative lawmakers have balked at the handling of Medicaid in the legislation, and it is thought that changing it could bring more skeptics onboard.

"Right now, the date that's in the bill is what the president supports," Spicer said.

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"He is willing to listen to individuals on different aspects of the bill that might achieve the goal he's set up, but it's not a question of negotiation. We have a date in the bill, and that's the date in the bill."

The GOP's healthcare and insurance plan, called the American Health Care Act, would freeze enrollment at the start of 2020, but a proposal from conservatives would move it up to the start of 2018 though continue matching funds for states until 2023.

That proposal could make it even harder for the health plan to pass through the Senate, where several Senators from expansion states have expressed concerns about repealing the Medicaid expansion at all.

Jordan Fabian contributed.