White House to continue Obamacare payments
Source: Politico
By HEATHER CAYGLE and BURGESS EVERETT 04/26/17 10:43 AM EDT Updated 04/26/17 12:00 PM EDT
Update 2:42 p.m.:
The White House has told lawmakers that it will continue paying Affordable Care Act cost-sharing subsidies, removing the biggest remaining hurdle in the negotiations to avoid a government shutdown.
A congressional source said Wednesday the administration was spreading the word among lawmakers. It was not immediately clear how long the White House planned to keep the money flowing.
Original story:
Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump’s budget director clashed in a phone call over Obamacare subsidies on Tuesday evening, threatening delicate bipartisan negotiations to fund the government, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The House minority leader told Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney that she cannot support a spending bill that doesn’t include a commitment to continuing the subsidies for Americans with low incomes, according to a high-ranking Republican source briefed on the conversation. Mulvaney responded that Trump would not sign a bill to fund the government through September that includes those payments, called cost-sharing reductions, the source said.
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