Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2017
Trump dangles Obamacare payments to force Democrats to the table
12 April 2017 - Cutting off a key subsidy program could send Obamacare’s insurance markets into a tailspin.
President Donald Trump wants to use a key Obamacare subsidy program as leverage to draw Democrats to the negotiating table on health care, three administration officials with knowledge of Trump's thinking told POLITICO.
Trump could deliver an immediate and fatal blow to the Obamacare marketplaces if he scraps the subsidy program, worth an estimated $7 billion this year. These cost-sharing subsidies, which help insurers pay medical bills for low-income customers, have been the subject of a long-running lawsuit that the White House could drop at any time
