Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. In his most aggressive move yet to dismantle the Affordable Care act, President Trump is following through on a threat to cut off subsidy payments to insurance carriers selling obamacare. Brook silvabraga is here. Good morning. Good morning, annemarie. So now the president has started chipping away at the law himself. For months mr. Trump has called these costsharing subsidies a bailout. Well, now, this key part of obamacare could end almost immediately. About 6 million americans qualify for the subsidies which defray outofpocket costs for people with modest incomes. The cost to the government, about 7 billion a year. The white house said in a Statement Last night the government cannot lawfully make the costsharing reduction payments because they lack a formal authorization from congress. Noords, congress hasnt appropriated funding. Democratic leaders were swift to denounce the plan. It is a spiteless act pointed a
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