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Trump threatens to undermine Obamacare to get Democrats to negotiate
· By BENJAMIN SIEGEL
Apr 12, 2017, 10:03 PM ET
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Wednesday, Trump suggested the federal government would hold back key subsidy payments made to health insurers offering insurance to low-income Americans.
“Obamacare is dead next month if it doesn’t get that money,” Trump said. “I haven’t made my viewpoint clear yet. I don’t want people to get hurt.”
The payments are at the center of an ongoing legal battle between the previous administration and House Republicans, who argue the payments were made improperly without congressional approval.
The Obama administration filed an appeal to a federal judge’s ruling in favor of House Republicans, which Republicans extended after the inauguration. To stop the payments, which the government is still making, the Trump administration would simply have to drop the appeal.
“It wasn’t authorized by Congress," Trump told the Journal. “I’m going to have to make a decision.”
Trump threatens to stop crucial Obamacare payments to insurers
Wonderful I hope this pile of you know what does go ahead and does that. Look at Ryans mug, both are pieces of crap and we need to get rid of the crap. Go ahead Trump.