Trump Administration Sued Over $1 Billion Obamacare Cut
- Suit cites U.S. decision to cut funding to New York, Minnesota
- States say federal funding vital to 800,000 low-income people
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The Trump administration’s ongoing effort to undermine Obamacare triggered a lawsuit accusing the government of trying to financially starve two state-run health care programs that serve almost 1 million low-income Americans.
The U.S. Health and Human Service Department waited until a day before Affordable Care Act payments were due to notify New York and Minnesota by email that more than $1 billion in annual funding was being cut off, according to a complaint filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan.