But he does have options that would allow him to do damage, and maybe even severe damage, to those shaky private insurance markets. If the Trump administration backed off the appeal, money would stop flowing to insurers unless Congress went ahead and appropriated it. This would be true in the places where Affordable Care Act markets are struggling ― and even in those places where the markets are functioning smoothly. One more option for the Trump administration would be to stop promoting new enrollment. The Obama administration worked hard at this, but in January, as this year’s open enrollment was ending, the Trump administration canceled some of the planned outreach efforts.

Source: Huffington Post March 28, 2017 21:56 UTC