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Fri Oct 13, 2017, 03:19 PM Oct 2017

A.G. Schneiderman: We Will Sue To Defend Health Care Subsidies

Source: Office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement:

"Hundreds of thousands of New York families rely on the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies for their health care - and again and again, President Trump has threatened to cut off these subsidies to undermine our healthcare system and force Congress to the negotiating table. That's unacceptable.

"I will not allow President Trump to once again use New York families as political pawns in his dangerous, partisan campaign to eviscerate the Affordable Care Act at any cost.

"This summer, the courts granted our intervention to defend these vital subsidies and the quality, affordable health care they ensure for millions of families across the country. Our coalition of states stands ready to sue if President Trump cuts them off."

In May, Attorney General Schneiderman and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a coalition of 18 Attorneys General, moved to intervene in House v. Price in order to protect millions of Americans' access to affordable health care. The DC Circuit granted their intervention in August.

Read more: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-we-will-sue-defend-health-care-subsidies

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A.G. Schneiderman: We Will Sue To Defend Health Care Subsidies (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2017 OP
Please work fast NY and CA AGs! BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #1
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