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Democrats, some Republicans fight 'bailout' label for Obamacare payments
(Worthy News) - Democrats and some Republicans are fighting attempts by President Trump to label payments to insurers for lowering deductibles for poor people as "bailouts."
The pushback could play a key role in landing enough political support for a short-term bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare's exchanges, including making the insurer payments. Lawmakers and experts say the cost-sharing reduction payments to lower deductibles and co-pays, known as CSRs, are honoring an agreement to reimburse Obamacare insurers and are not bailouts.
Trump has shown little interest in a bipartisan healthcare package after the Senate's narrow defeat of legislation to partially repeal and replace Obamacare late last month. [ Source (Read More...) ]
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$$1 Trillion BAILOUT per year to insurance companies. Well, somebody's gotta pay for all those NON-PAYERS, and Obama figured it's gonna be YOU. Obama was just trying to guarantee the America would continue getting deeper in debt