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Trump Will Subsidize Obamacare … For Now

Paul Bois

With the Republican Obamacare alternative still missing in action, Obamacare’s cost continues to skyrocket, and President Trump must again subsidize insurers for the month of August to help shoulder the Affordable Care Act’s incredible financial burden.

One of Obamacare’s provisions requires the federal government to subsidize insurers with something called cost-sharing reduction payments (CSRs), to help with the law’s mandate for reduced deductibles and co-payments for low-income buyers of health insurance, which cost insurers millions.

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