Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wa.) announced an accord in principle to re-instate for two years the cost-sharing reduction payments.
Donald Trump himself spoke approvingly of the deal, but some conservatives denounced it as an insurance company bailout, making its future uncertain.
Nearly 70 percent of those benefiting from the so-called cost-sharing subsidies live in states Trump won last November
Experts say the political instability over Trump’s effort to undermine Obama’s health care law could also prompt more insurers to leave markets.
The president’s action is likely to trigger a lawsuit from state attorneys general, who contend the subsidies to insurers are fully authorized by federal law, and say the president’s position is reckless.
Trump directed his administration on Thursday to rewrite some federal insurance rules as a beginning of renewed efforts to undermine “Obamacare,” the program he’s promised to kill.
Senator Susan Collins on Monday joined two of her colleagues John McCain and Rand Paul in rejecting the latest bill to end the Affordable Care Act -- popularly known as Obamacare.
US President Donald Trump slammed Senator John McCain for opposing a last-minute plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, insisting that the Republicans would 'eventually' roll back Obama healthcare law.
The legislation, dubbed "skinny bill" because only amendments in the few areas where there is consensus will be put to vote, was presented on Thursday night by the Senate Republican majority leader, Mitch McConnell
The bill which would have given a two-year window to bring a replacement of Obamacare was defeated by 55-45 votes yesterday in the Republican-majority Senate.
Celebrating a slim but symbolic health-care win in Washington, President Donald Trump told supporters in Ohio on Tuesday night that the nation was one step closer to liberation from the “Obamacare nightmare.”
The successive defeats made clear that despite seven years of promises to repeal former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, Republicans apparently cannot deliver.
The new health care bill proposed by the Trump govt was left with no apparent possible progress in the Senate after two other Republican lawmakers announced their opposition to the proposal.
"If Republican Senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at a later date!" Trump tweeted.
US President Donald Trump today promised to bring down health insurance premiums and deductible as he celebrated the defeat of Obamacare on the floor of the US House of Representatives.
May 4 will see the US Congress decide on whether the country repeals former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act or not as Republican leaders announced that the House will vote on the GOP’s legislation on Thursday.
US Democrats were joyous after the House of Representatives cancelled a scheduled vote on President Donald Trump's bill to replace Obamacare, the media reported.
The US House of Representatives --- similar to the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament --- has 435 members. The Republican party enjoys a simple majority in the House with 235 members.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited Capitol Hill to exhort House Republicans to pass the healthcare bill on Thursday.
Republican lawmakers in the US House of Representatives on Monday unveiled long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace former Democratic President Barack Obama's healthcare law -- Affordable Care Act.
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