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Friday, October 13, 2017

Trump To Scrap Crucial Obamacare Insurer Subsidy

Just hours after signing an executive order that implicitly begins unwinding ObamaCare, Politco reports, citing two people familiar with the matter, that President Trump plans to cut off critical subsidy payments to insurers selling Obamacare coverage.

Earlier today, Trump signed an executive order expanding access to more loosely regulated insurance options with low premiums, a move that could undermine the ACA insurance markets.

“We’ve been hearing about the disaster of Obamacare for so long,” Trump said in signing the order at a White House ceremony. “For a long time, I’ve been hearing repeal, replace, repeal, replace.”

He then said that the order is "starting that process" to repeal ObamaCare.

It will be the "first steps to providing millions of Americans with ObamaCare relief."

And now, as Politico reports, the process appears to accelerating as Trump's decision to end the payments, estimated at $7 billion this year, marks the president's most aggressive move yet to dismantle Obamacare after months of failed GOP repeal efforts on Capitol Hill.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's about time. MAGA

Zorro said...

SAY WHAT?

Anonymous said...

So the people with no education or a job that provides insurance are going to get screwed again. Read both sides take on the move, the truth lies in the middle.