The sociopath is well aware the states won’t undo the crap storm he created. He’s lying to his base to curb the blowback.
He’s getting pretty lame as his options are rapidly dwindling. Desperation WILL set in. And they have so completely painted themselves into a corner, that anything but scrapping the whole thing together with an emphatic private thrust to re-create the health care plan industry will simply prolong the time they are stuck to this tar baby.
It could not happen to a nicer political party! Degrading humanity since before the Civil War!