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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'SPITEFUL, POINTLESS SABOTAGE': Democrats excoriate Trump's move to cancel Obamacare payments
'SPITEFUL, POINTLESS SABOTAGE': Democrats excoriate Trump's move to cancel Obamacare paymentsBryan Logan
Top Democrats scolded President Donald Trump on Thursday night after the White House announced the president would end cost-sharing reduction payments, a crucial subsidy designed to help low-income people afford health insurance.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer decried the move in a joint statement Thursday night. "Sadly, instead of working to lower health costs for Americans, it seems President Trump will single-handedly hike Americans' health premiums," they said.
Pelosi and Schumer called the move a "spiteful act of vast, pointless sabotage leveled at working families and the middle class in every corner of America."
"Make no mistake about it, Trump will try to blame the Affordable Care Act, but this will fall on his back and he will pay the price for it," they said.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-obamacare-cost-sharing-reduction-democrats-respond-2017-10
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'SPITEFUL, POINTLESS SABOTAGE': Democrats excoriate Trump's move to cancel Obamacare payments (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Oct 2017
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dalton99a
(81,656 posts)1. Republicans installed a Russian saboteur in the Oval Office.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. Totally
And we have been under attack every since.
It hasn't even been a full year yet and people will soon be dying directly by the efforts of Putin's puppet in the white house.
What will it be like 3 years from now? I shudder to think.
awesomerwb1
(4,269 posts)2. More of this please Dems.
Maraya1969
(22,509 posts)4. CAN THE COURTS BLOCK THIS?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. I hate this vicious, evil man with the fire of a thousand suns.
The day he keels over for good will be the happiest day of my life.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)6. Is this legal?
I'm not a lawyer, but can he legally do this? The ACA is still the law of the land, and part of that is the subsidies given to make premiums affordable. It is the AFFORDABLE Care Act, after all. I know Dump doesn't care about petty stuff like legalities, but still.
Can some lawyers on DU weigh in?
QED
(2,751 posts)7. The law says "such payments shall be made"