Trump Could Revoke Health Care ‘Bailouts’ For Insurers, Lawmakers
Some call it passionate, some stubborn, the President’s relentless pressure on the Congress to pass legislation repealing ObamaCare, as he made threats on Saturday to revoke the health care “bailouts” for Washington insurers and lawmakers.
“If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” Trump wrote on twitter late on Saturday.
If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017
To that he added, “After seven years of ‘talking’ Repeal & Replace, the people of our great country are still being forced to live with imploding ObamaCare!”
After seven years of "talking" Repeal & Replace, the people of our great country are still being forced to live with imploding ObamaCare!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017
The “bailouts” Trump is talking about are the cost-sharing subsidies for insurers. The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney, recently informed insurers such subsidies might be cut out.
“We are looking at the cost-sharing payments on a month-to-month basis. We made them today. We’ll make them tomorrow,” said Mulvaney, based on the Independent Journal Review. “But I don’t think we’ll see a long-term commitment from this administration.”
Some conservatives have also been pushing the White House to end subsidies to lawmakers and their employees made possible by an Office of Personnel Management exemption. Senate Republicans have repeatedly tried, but failed, to pass legislation that eliminates or overhauls former President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care law.
“It’s also troubling that the Trump administration used executive powers to bail out insurers but will not use his lawful executive power to end Obama’s order exempting members of Congress from paying the full Obamacare freight,” Daniel Horowitz recently wrote at ConservativeReview.com.
