White House report claims Trump didn't sabotage Obamacare

[DonViejo]

Source: CBS/AP


UPDATED ON: FEBRUARY 8, 2019 / 7:22 AM / AP

WASHINGTON—Borrowing a word from Democrats, a new White House report says changes made to the Affordable Care Act under President Trump didn't amount to "sabotage."

Due out Friday, the report from the Council of Economic Advisers says Obama-era subsidies that help low- and middle-income customers pay their premiums will keep HealthCare.gov afloat even if some healthy people drop out or seek other coverage because of Trump's changes. Nearly 90 percent of customers get taxpayer-provided assistance.

The report looks at three big changes under Mr. Trump that affect former President Barack Obama's health care law. They are congressional repeal of the law's unpopular fines on people who go uninsured, "association health plans" for small businesses that can be marketed across state lines, and low-cost short-term health insurance that doesn't have to cover pre-existing conditions or basic benefits like prescription drugs.

"These reforms do not 'sabotage' the ACA but rather provide a more efficient focus of tax-funded care to those in need," the report says. The council is a White House agency that advises the president.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-report-claims-trump-didnt-sabotage-obamacare/

[ananda]

1. Fox tells last remaining chicken ..

.. he didn't sabotage the henhouse.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. I would be

MUCH more inclined to believe a report from the Congressional Budget Office. I believe they have less chance of having their findings "adjusted" by "interested overseers." Just sayin'......

[ArizonaLib]

3. Republicans have been calling everything that works well 'inefficient'

Then they create 'efficiencies' that manages to screw those in need and somehow the 'savings' winds up funneling to those who don't need it. They still criticize FDR's policies for a short slow down in the late 30's, using it to assert that the New Deal slowed down the recovery. Democrats repair Republican sabotage, then the Republicans sit back and criticize how it was repaired, or that it took too long. 'Republican' is another word for 'sabotage'.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. "Republicans have been calling everything that works well 'inefficient'"

That's because they and their corporate funders didn't get their "cut". Once they get theirs then they declare it "saved". They simply assume it comes with a bribe or they will threaten it by extortion.

[groundloop]

5. And shutting down ACA servers for 'maintenance' during signup period wasn't sabotage either

[world wide wally]

6. Don't they EVER get sick of their own lies?

[efhmc]

7. Wait, wait. I can answer that. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Not ever.

[cstanleytech]

8. Nope.

[diva77]

9. Pew Center study found that republicans are happier than democrats

http://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/10/Republicans-Happiness.pdf

of course the study is a bit dated, but there was a lot of rethug lying back then as well...

[world wide wally]

11. I guess they believe their own lies

[diva77]

12. or maybe they believe the ends justify the means

[area51]

10. Meanwhile,

up is down, black is white.