Trump Pushes Short-Term Market Fix After Ending Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments

By Amy Lotven / October 16, 2017 at 7:40 PM
Throughout the day Monday, the president declared the Affordable Care Act “dead” and claimed his move to abruptly end the law's reimbursements to insurers for reducing out-of-pocket costs sparked bipartisan work on a short-term market fix that he now supports. He also said he believes the Senate has the votes to repeal and replace the ACA and expects that to happen in March or April. Democrats blasted the chaos caused by the White House's decision to cut off the cost-sharing...


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