The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website October 18, 2017:
Two senators reached bipartisan deal Tuesday to fund cost-reducing subsidies
Most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s decision to end Obama-era federal subsidies to insurers that lower costs for low- and middle-income families, a new poll found.
Fifty-three percent of respondents to an Economist/YouGov poll conducted Oct. 15 and 16 said they disapproved of the executive move, compared to 31 percent who were in favor. Sixteen percent declined to give an opinion.
Publicly, the administration claimed it was closing the executive payment schedule because it was unconstitutional. It is also part of a broader effort to completely roll back the 2010 health care law, a GOP promise seven years in the making. Continue reading “Poll: Most Americans Disapprove of Trump’s Subsidy Slash”