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White House says rollback of Obamacare must be part of short-term fix
Source: Reuters
#POLITICS OCTOBER 19, 2017 / 1:32 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
White House says rollback of Obamacare must be part of short-term fix
Richard Cowan, Yasmeen Abutaleb
7 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior White House aide said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump would demand steps toward repealing Obamacare in any healthcare legislation, comments that cast doubt on the prospects for a short-term bill to shore up insurance markets.
Marc Short, the White House’s top liaison to Congress, said on CNN that Obamacare’s mandates and taxes would have to be rolled back and consumers be allowed to more heavily invest in health-savings accounts for Trump to sign off on any congressional deal.
“We’re willing to work on this but we need to make sure that we’re getting something that will actually reduce healthcare costs,” Short said.
Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray unveiled legislation to shore up the insurance markets created under the 2010 healthcare law by reviving the subsidies, which Trump has discontinued, for two years to help lower-income Americans obtain medical coverage.
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White House says rollback of Obamacare must be part of short-term fix
Richard Cowan, Yasmeen Abutaleb
7 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior White House aide said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump would demand steps toward repealing Obamacare in any healthcare legislation, comments that cast doubt on the prospects for a short-term bill to shore up insurance markets.
Marc Short, the White House’s top liaison to Congress, said on CNN that Obamacare’s mandates and taxes would have to be rolled back and consumers be allowed to more heavily invest in health-savings accounts for Trump to sign off on any congressional deal.
“We’re willing to work on this but we need to make sure that we’re getting something that will actually reduce healthcare costs,” Short said.
Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray unveiled legislation to shore up the insurance markets created under the 2010 healthcare law by reviving the subsidies, which Trump has discontinued, for two years to help lower-income Americans obtain medical coverage.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare/white-house-says-rollback-of-obamacare-must-be-part-of-short-term-fix-idUSKBN1CO2N7