The Trump administration’s recent decision to abruptly end a provision of the Affordable Care Act that helps insurers lower out-of-pocket medical fees for millions of Americans has spurred some states to consider taking legal action.
Attorneys general from California, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and New York have said they plan to sue the Trump administration in order to keep money flowing to their states.
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Dismantling Obamacare: what has Trump done and who will it affect?
The president took two decisions – expanding access to cheaper, skimpier insurance and scrapping federal subsidies – that may transform healthcare
Donald Trump took two extraordinary steps to undo his predecessor’s signature health law on Thursday, measures that could fatally damage Obamacare despite the repeated failure of Republicans in Congress to repeal it.
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The lies Trump tells as he sabotages health care for nearly 22 million people
In the last 24 hours, Trump has clearly undercut the Affordable Care Act, sending insurers and millions of Americans into uncertainty.
At 10:47 p.m. on Thursday, the Trump administration released a press statement saying it would stop paying insurance companies for subsidizing health care to low-income people, breaking an agreement between the White House and insurers. Just a few hours earlier that day, he had signed an executive order aimed to hobble the Affordable Care Act (ACA) m...
Mr President? Donald Trump nearly forgets to sign bill – video
Donald Trump has to be reminded to sign his bill weakening Obamacare by the vice-president, Mike Pence, on Friday. Trump presents the bill and his intention to give Americans ‘great healthcare’ but then turns to leave. Pence stops him, and Trump jogs back across the room to write his signature
• Trump accused of sabotage after signing executive order to weaken Obamacare
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BREAKING: Trump expected to stop making vital Obamacare subsidy payments
President Trump is expected to stop paying vital subsidies that offset the costs for insurers of covering lower-income people, according to a report from Politico Thursday night.
The payments, called cost-sharing reductions (CSRs), are the subject of a lawsuit filed by House Republicans during the Obama administration, which House Republicans won. The Obama administration appealed and continued making the payments, which are worth an estimated $7 billion per year.
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Trump chief of staff John Kelly: ‘I’m not quitting, I’m not getting fired’
- Chief of staff makes surprise appearance to deny he’s about to leave
- ‘Although I read it all the time pretty consistently, I’m not quitting today’
Donald Trump’s chief of staff has made an extraordinary public appearance to deny that he is about to resign or be fired.
Related: Trump accused of sabotage after signing executive order to weaken Obamacare
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Trump signs executive order to weaken Obamacare – video
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to weaken Obamacare by making lower-premium plans more widely available. Trump is relying on the executive order because the Republican-controlled Congress has been unable to pass a plan to repeal and replace the Obama-era healthcare law
• Trump accused of sabotage after signing executive order to weaken Obamacare
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Trump accused of sabotage after signing executive order to weaken Obamacare
- President says move means ‘people will have great, great healthcare’
- Democrats say Trump using a ‘wrecking ball to rip apart our health system’
Donald Trump was accused of sabotaging the Affordable Care Act on Thursday when he used an executive order to unilaterally weaken Obamacare following months of failed attempts by Republicans to repeal it.
Related: Trump substantially weakens Obamacare contraception mandate
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