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Health insurance subsidies: Now you see them… now you don't

Insurance company subsidies are key to the Affordable Care Act. After President Trump cut them last week, he called Obamacare "virtually dead." Then, yesterday, a bipartisan group of Senators proposed to revive the subsidies for two more years -- and the President changed his tune — until this morning. Will any of this keep Obamacare alive?

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By Warren Olney • Oct 18, 2017 • 1 min read

Insurance company subsidies are key to the Affordable Care Act. After President Trump cut them last week, he called Obamacare "virtually dead." Then, yesterday, a bipartisan group of Senators proposed to revive the subsidies for two more years -- and the President changed his tune — until this morning. Will any of this keep Obamacare alive? That may depend on the most conservative Republicans in Congress — still determined to dance on its grave. We hear about uncertainty for low-income consumers -- with this year's enrollment scheduled to start in less than two weeks.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Producer, 'To the Point'

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    chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News

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    Office of the Attorney General of Maryland

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