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applegrove

(118,666 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 05:39 PM Aug 2017

Premiums Will Skyrocket If Trump Ends Payments

https://politicalwire.com/2017/08/15/premiums-will-skyrocket-trump-ends-insurer-payments/

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A new Congressional Budget Office report finds “premiums for the most popular health insurance plans would shoot up 20 percent next year, and federal budget deficits would increase by $194 billion in the coming decade if President Trump carries out his threat to end certain subsidies paid to insurance companies for the benefit of low-income people,” the New York Times reports.

“The subsidies reimburse insurers for reducing deductibles, co-payments and other out-of-pocket costs that low-income people pay when they visit doctors, fill prescriptions or receive care in hospitals.”

Caitlin Owens: “President Trump has threatened repeatedly to stop making the payments, but for now the issue remains unresolved. Lawmakers from both parties have actively discussed funding the subsidies in some kind of stabilization package over the last few weeks and will attempt to do so next month.”


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Premiums Will Skyrocket If Trump Ends Payments (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2017 OP
He is going to do it. He wants to kill clinton voters. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #1
I'm actually wondering bearsfootball516 Aug 2017 #2

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
2. I'm actually wondering
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 05:47 PM
Aug 2017

If this whole "both sides" thing that just happened is his attempt to distract from the CBO.

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