"The Republican Party will soon be known as the party of health care. You watch," Trump said ahead of his meeting with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
The comment follows a Monday filing with a federal appeals court, in which the Justice Department said it agreed with the ruling of a federal judge in Texas who invalidated the Obama-era health care law.
In a letter Monday night, the administration said "it is not urging that any portion of the district court's judgment be reversed."
It's a major shift for the Justice Department from when Jeff Sessions was attorney general. At the time, the administration argued that the community rating rule and the guaranteed issue requirement -- protections for people with preexisting conditions -- could not be defended but the rest of the law could stand.
The administration's filing has been criticized by many Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who said Tuesday that the filing is "a real hit of the well being, health and financial security of the American people."
She added that the timing was "interesting," noting that it came the same day Democrats are unveiling legislation aimed at protecting people with pre-existing conditions.
In 2017, Republicans failed to pass a Trump-backed measure to repeal Obamacare, with seven Republicans voting no. An identical version of the repeal passed two years earlier, with then-President Barack Obama being forced to veto the bill.
It's unclear whether the White House has a comprehensive plan to repeal or replace Obamacare.
Asked Tuesday morning for more details about a potential plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway pointed to Trump's budget, claiming that it protected preexisting conditions and proposals on community health plans.
"The President -- the Department of Justice is part of the executive branch and the President has faith in his Department of Justice to do the right thing. And we're watching litigation. We don't predict the outcomes of litigation like that. We'll see what happens," she said.
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