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Insurers Breathe Sigh Of Relief For Another Month As Trump Makes Subsidy Payments For September
Health insurers will receive this month鈥檚 payments from the Trump administration reimbursing them for reducing copayments and deductibles for millions of low-income customers, the White House said Tuesday, once more shelving a standoff with insurers over the contested funds. 鈥淭he September payment will be made,鈥 a White House spokesman said. (Radnofsky, 9/19)
The payments compensate insurers for lowering out-of-pocket costs for certain ObamaCare enrollees. However, the administration has been making the payments on a monthly basis. 鈥淲e are weighing our options and still evaluating the issues,鈥 a White House spokesman wrote in an email, referring to if the payments would continue beyond September. (Roubein, 9/19)