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White House Says It Can’t Lawfully Pay Obamacare Subsidies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said late on Thursday that it cannot lawfully pay subsidies to health insurance companies under the Obamacare health law, prompting howls of protests from Democratic lawmakers.

A White House statement said based on guidance from the Justice Department, “the Department of Health and Human Services has concluded that there is no appropriation for cost-sharing reduction payments to insurance companies under Obamacare.”

“In light of this analysis, the Government cannot lawfully make the cost-sharing reduction payments,” the statement said.

(First reported by The Washington Free Beacon) http://freebeacon.com/issues/white-house-says-cant-lawfully-pay-obamacare-subsidies/   (October 13, 2017)


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