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Obamacare sabotage in Florida: they had the most signups, and now they have the most to lose

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Alex spends his days explaining how health insurance works to people in Florida. People who are enrolled in private plans on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace call a 1-800 number, and he’s there to answer any questions they may have about premium tax credits, coinsurance, and things of that sort. He’s a licensed navigator for the Community Health Interventions & Sickle Cell Agency Inc., which receives a federal grant for its efforts. And this time last month, he was temporarily...

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BREAKING: Trump expected to stop making vital Obamacare subsidy payments

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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.

Trump can s...

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BREAKING: Trump’s new executive order roils Obamacare marketplace with stroke of pen

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President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would allow healthy people to buy cheaper health insurance if they are unsatisfied with plans offered on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. Why? Because the plans under the executive order offer much limited coverage.

Following the Republicans’ failure to pass their latest Obamacare repeal measure last month, Trump is using his executive authority to accomplish what Republicans couldn’t. Under the GOP bill, ...

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Trump’s calling Democrats about health care now

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President Trump looks to be turning to new allies to pass a health care bill after Senate Republicans failed yet again to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare last week.

“I called Chuck Schumer yesterday to see if the Dems want to do a great HealthCare Bill,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning. “ObamaCare is badly broken, big premiums. Who knows!”

I called Chuck Schumer yesterday to see if the Dems want to do a great HealthCare Bill. ObamaCare is badly...

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Utah senator politicized bill that provides insurance to kids. Now his state is the first casualty.

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Funding for the Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which covers 8.9 million children, expires Saturday because lawmakers were too busy trying to repeal-and-replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

CHIP provides low-cost health insurance to children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid. Enacted in 1997, CHIP is a companion program to Medicaid, where states had the option to set up an independent CHIP program or extend Medicaid eligibility to children up t...

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