Post by ck4829 on Apr 16, 2017 10:31:35 GMT
Trump is Now Considering Punishing The Poor Until Democrats Agree to Kill Obamacare
After failing to pass the cack-handed health care bill he didn't write (or bother reading), Donald Trump is still not done with Obamacare. In a new attempt to dismantle his predecessors signature piece of legislation responsible for insuring tens of millions of Americans, Trump is using his famed negotiating tactics to bully Democrats with the unthinkable: cutting off government payments to reduce insurance subsidies for the poor. Reports the Wall St Journal:
As NY Mag's Eric Levitzs translates, "Nice affordable health care for the poor you got here, would be a real shame if something happened to it."
thedailybanter.com/2017/04/trump-punishing-the-poor-until-democrats-agree-to-kill-obamacare/
After failing to pass the cack-handed health care bill he didn't write (or bother reading), Donald Trump is still not done with Obamacare. In a new attempt to dismantle his predecessors signature piece of legislation responsible for insuring tens of millions of Americans, Trump is using his famed negotiating tactics to bully Democrats with the unthinkable: cutting off government payments to reduce insurance subsidies for the poor. Reports the Wall St Journal:
In an interview in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump said the White House may lack authority to make the payments established under his predecessor to reduce copayments and deductibles for some of the poorest customers who buy insurance under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Cutting off the payments could trigger turmoil in insurance markets.
“I don’t want people to get hurt,” Mr. Trump said. “What I think should happen—and will happen—is the Democrats will start calling me and negotiating.”
“I don’t want people to get hurt,” Mr. Trump said. “What I think should happen—and will happen—is the Democrats will start calling me and negotiating.”
As NY Mag's Eric Levitzs translates, "Nice affordable health care for the poor you got here, would be a real shame if something happened to it."
thedailybanter.com/2017/04/trump-punishing-the-poor-until-democrats-agree-to-kill-obamacare/