Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Critics Wield The Term 'Bailout' As Political Weapon. But In Case Of Insurer Subsidies It May Be Misleading.
Most people think of the term 鈥渂ailout,鈥 as a political pejorative, often involving hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars being funneled to failing companies. It鈥檚 now become one of President Trump鈥檚 oft-repeated rhetorical cudgels against the Affordable Care Act and federal payments to insurance companies. (Qiu, 10/18)
President Donald Trump says health insurers have been "enriched" by President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. So why are companies pulling back from the law's insurance marketplaces? (10/18)
President Trump has defended his decision to end cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidies聽鈥 an element of the Affordable Care Act that helped lower the cost of deductibles and co-pays for people making less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level 鈥 by pointing to the gain in stock prices for health-insurance companies. (Kessler, 10/19)
