Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the administration will not make the next payment to insurers scheduled for next Wednesday. Trump has made the payments, guaranteed to insurers under Obamacare to help lower out-of-pocket medical expenses for low-income consumers, each month since taking office in January. The Trump administration took over the lawsuit and had delayed deciding whether to continue the Obama administration’s appeal or terminate the subsidies, but in April Trump began threatening to stop the payments. Anthem, one of the largest remaining Obamacare insurers, in August scaled back its offerings in Nevada and Georgia and blamed the moves in part on uncertainty over the payments. The administration also slashed the Obamacare advertising and outreach budget and halved the open enrollment period.

Source: bd News24 October 13, 2017 15:11 UTC