Paul Ryan rules out Obamacare subsidies in spending bill

Published April 26, 2017 3:14pm ET



Legislation to fund the government will not have a provision guaranteeing money to fund Obamacare subsidies, Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday, even as top White House officials were negotiating with Democrats who are pushing to include subsidies.

Democrats had been hoping the spending bill would add language ensuring the subsidies, known as Cost Sharing Reductions or CSRs, are maintained, due to a threat from the Trump administration that it would stop making those payments.

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