During a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell maintained her support of the ACA and questioned the validity of Republicans' replacement plan, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Ms. Burwell said legislators should analyze a plan to determine if it will lower costs, expand access and reduce overall U.S. healthcare spending. However, she said Republicans have failed to provide such a plan.
WSJ reports Republicans still have not reached a consensus around one replacement plan. Democrats have maintained repealing the ACA without a viable alternative could cause major disruption in the insurance market.
Ms. Burwell said promises concerning a replacement plan are unrealistic. She said, "As for silver bullets, they don't exist. If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is."
Ms. Burwell will leave her post on Jan. 20, 2017.