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Trump promises his Obamacare replacement plan will cover all

<p>Donald Trump just sat down for a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-to-face-sworn-deposition-in-coming-days-233202" target="_blank">sworn deposition</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;A judge&nbsp;<a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/trump-will-give-deposition-right-before-he-s-inaugurated/" target="_blank">ordered the deposition</a>&nbsp;after the president-elect filed a lawsuit against chef Jos&eacute; Andr&eacute;s, who backed out of building a restaurant at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.</p><p>The dispute started during the 2015 campaign season, when Trump made several comments about Mexican immigrants.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/trump-settles-trump-university-lawsuits-for-25-million/">Trump University Cases Settled For $25 Million</a></b></p><p>&quot;They&#39;re bringing drugs. They&#39;re bringing crime. They&#39;re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people, &quot;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/06/16/trump_mexico_not_sending_us_their_best_criminals_drug_dealers_and_rapists_are_crossing_border.html" target="_blank">Trump said</a>&nbsp;at a campaign event.</p><p>He also said the U.S. has become a &quot;dumping ground for everybody else&#39;s problems.&quot;</p><p>When he backed out of the deal, Andr&eacute;s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Jose-Andres-Cancels-Plan-for-Restaurant-at-Trumps-Planned-DC-Hotel--312590091.html" target="_blank">said in a statement</a>, &quot;as a proud Spanish immigrant and recently naturalized American citizen myself, I believe that every human being deserves respect, regardless of immigration status.&quot;</p><p>Trump and his team originally asked for $10 million in damages from the cancellation. But, according to Politico, over the past year, that number has increased.</p><p>Andr&eacute;s isn&#39;t the only chef&nbsp;<a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/donald-trump-deposition-video-finally-goes-public/" target="_blank">Trump is battling</a>. Geoffrey Zakarian also pulled out of plans to open a restaurant at the same D.C. hotel. That case is&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/03/politics/trump-hotel-lawsuit-at-impasse-headed-to-trial/" target="_blank">headed to trial</a>, though no date has been set.</p><p>Outside the restaurant world, the president-elect is entangled in a ton of other lawsuits.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/25/pending-lawsuits-donald-trump-presidency/92666382/" target="_blank">USA Today reports</a>&nbsp;his companies are facing open lawsuits for alleged sexual discrimination, fraud, unpaid bills and contract disputes.</p><p>Presidential depositions are rare. The last president to face questioning was Bill Clinton for a sexual harassment suit in 1998. Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Ulysses S. Grant are the only other sitting presidents to be deposed.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/dem-joe-manchin-approves-of-trump-s-epa-pick-scott-pruitt/">Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin Gives Trump&#039;s EPA Pick A Thumbs Up</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/gop-senators-introduce-bill-to-move-us-embassy-to-jerusalem/">GOP Bill To Cut Embassy Security Unless US Embassy Moves To Jerusalem</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/gop-revives-rule-that-could-slash-federal-workers-pay/">GOP Revives Rule That Could Slash Federal Workers&#039; Pay</a></li></ul>
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(CNN) -- President-elect Donald Trump is putting the finishing touches on an Obamacare replacement plan that aims to provide "insurance for all," he told the Washington Post.
 
Also, he will demand that drug companies negotiate directly with Medicare and Medicaid and lower their prices, saying they will no longer be "politically protected."
 
Trump's weekend interview with the Washington Post comes just after Congress took its first steps to dismantle President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform law. The House on Friday followed the Senate in approving a budget resolution that would repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act. Committees in both chambers will now work out the details of repealing and replacing the law.
 
However, after nearly seven years of vowing to repeal Obamacare, Republicans are fracturing over how to do actually go about doing it. Some want to slow down the repeal effort until a replacement plan is unveiled. Others, including Trump, want to take action more quickly.
 
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