WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump disavowed a bipartisan health
care agreement on Wednesday, delivering it a likely fatal blow only a
day after he praised its approach and said he had personally encouraged
its negotiation.
Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty
Murray, D-Wash., had spent weeks working on the bill, which was designed
to stabilize insurance markets under Obamacare by guaranteeing
cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments that Trump had recently cut off.
In exchange for Republican cooperation, Democrats would agree to modest
measures loosening Obamacare regulations and allowing insurers to sell
less comprehensive plans to more customers.
In a tweet Wednesday, Trump thanked Alexander
and Murray for their efforts, but said he "can never support bailing out
[insurance companies]."
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