WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump is pitching an alternative to Democrats' health care demands, which are central to the government shutdown fight.

It comes as senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the shutdown began 40 days ago, and the impacts are piling up. Flight cancellations are mounting while SNAP benefits remain delayed for millions. Advertisement

In a social media post on Saturday , Trump said he's recommending that Senate Republicans move funding away from insurance companies and instead send it "DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over." He called "Obamacare," also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), "the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World."

Trump's comments will lik

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