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TomCADem

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Thu Oct 5, 2017, 11:03 PM Oct 2017

Trump told HHS to deny request to fix Iowa ObamaCare market: report

Source: The Hill

President Trump told the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Seema Varma to deny a request from the Republican-controlled state of Iowa to fix their health-care marketplace, according to The Washington Post.

According to the Post, Iowa officials sought for months to get federal permission to fix health insurance markets in their state, but they were shut down by Trump administration officials.

Critics of the president say Trump's unusual move is a part of the administration's effort to undermine ObamaCare.

The Department of Health and Human Services has reduced the health insurance enrollment time frame by half, cut the advertising budget and has cut funding that helps people receive coverage under ObamaCare. Democrats have called on the White House to stop undermining the health-care law.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/354170-trump-told-hhs-to-deny-request-to-fix-iowa-obamacare-market-report

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Trump told HHS to deny request to fix Iowa ObamaCare market: report (Original Post) TomCADem Oct 2017 OP
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Every time this asshole wants to do anything it is to hurt human beings turbinetree Oct 2017 #2
sure, let's play political games with people's lives Astraea Oct 2017 #3
Wants to kill people Matthew28 Oct 2017 #4
republicans pissing on Americans Achilleaze Oct 2017 #5
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