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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:43 AM Oct 2017

'SPITEFUL, POINTLESS SABOTAGE': Democrats excoriate Trump's move to cancel Obamacare payments

'SPITEFUL, POINTLESS SABOTAGE': Democrats excoriate Trump's move to cancel Obamacare payments
Bryan 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 OP

Republicans installed a Russian saboteur in the Oval Office. dalton99a Oct 2017 #1

Totally workinclasszero Oct 2017 #3

More of this please Dems. awesomerwb1 Oct 2017 #2

CAN THE COURTS BLOCK THIS? Maraya1969 Oct 2017 #4

I hate this vicious, evil man with the fire of a thousand suns. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #5

Yup MFM008 Oct 2017 #8

Is this legal? NastyRiffraff Oct 2017 #6

The law says "such payments shall be made" QED Oct 2017 #7

dalton99a

(81,488 posts)

1. Republicans installed a Russian saboteur in the Oval Office.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:45 AM

Oct 2017

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

3. Totally

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:50 AM

Oct 2017

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

(4,268 posts)

2. More of this please Dems.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:49 AM

Oct 2017

Maraya1969

(22,480 posts)

4. CAN THE COURTS BLOCK THIS?

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 10:57 AM

Oct 2017

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

5. I hate this vicious, evil man with the fire of a thousand suns.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:00 AM

Oct 2017

The day he keels over for good will be the happiest day of my life.

MFM008

(19,808 posts)

8. Yup

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:31 AM

Oct 2017

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

6. Is this legal?

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:01 AM

Oct 2017

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

(2,747 posts)

7. The law says "such payments shall be made"

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:05 AM

Oct 2017

so apparently Donny Two Scoop's little EO can't change that. Or can he?

Link to tweet

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