, Columnist
This Is Trump's Most Damaging Obamacare Sabotage Yet
Cutting off subsidies will do immediate damage to insurance markets.
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The executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday has the potential to disrupt the Affordable Care Act's individual insurance exchanges. His move Friday to immediately stop paying an important subsidy for insurers will disrupt them; the next payment is due in five days.
This action makes the Trump administration's hitherto abstract sabotage efforts immediate, to the serious detriment of insurers participating in the market.