Donald Trump tweeted that "the repeal and replacement" of Obamacare is moving quickly. | AP Photo Trump says Obamacare repeal 'moving fast'

President Donald Trump asserted Friday that Republican plans to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law are “moving fast,” a counter to reports of division among Capitol Hill Republicans on the process.

Trump, noting that his pick for health and human services secretary, former Rep. Tom Price, had been confirmed, also took a dig at Democrats in an early-morning tweet, writing at about 5:15 a.m. that they had engineered “long delays” in confirming him.


“Despite the long delays by the Democrats in finally approving Dr. Tom Price, the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare is moving fast!” Trump said.

Republicans in Congress, who have long dreamed of dismantling Obamacare — Obama’s signature legislative achievement, formally known as the Affordable Care Act — but they remain divided on what they should put in its place if they repeal it. They are also facing resistance from constituents that has materialized in hostile town hall meetings back home.

Trump surprised some Republicans when he demanded that they replace the law at about the same time that they repeal it. Some members of the GOP had hoped they could repeal the law with an included delay period, so that they could wait to come up with a solution.

White House chief-of-staff Reince Priebus, speaking on "Fox and Friends" Friday morning, said the White House team spent two hours with Price Thursday night discussing plans for Obamacare.

Price will "quarterback our plans through the House and the Senate, and we're finalizing that hopefully during the first week of March. We'll be working on that plan with congressional leaders," Priebus said.