On the December 17 edition of Fox & Friends, host Steve Doocy claimed that Democrats “won the House on [health care], and they didn’t even have a plan.”  

In fact, there are eight possible health care plans focused on expanding coverage for Americans, six proposed by members of Congress and two by major think tanks. According to a Vox analysis of all eight plans, they fall into two categories: three plans that “would eliminate private insurance and cover all Americans through the government,” and five plans that would allow people to choose whether “to buy into government insurance (like Medicare or Medicaid) if they wanted to, or continue to buy private insurance.” The plans primarily differ in how they handle decisions like “which public health program to expand and how aggressively to extend the reach of government.”

The segment occurred in response to a ruling by a federal judge over the weekend declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. Despite this ruling, the Affordable Care Act remains in place and unchanged for now. The ruling is expected to be appealed and tied up in courts, possibly reaching the Supreme Court.