White House to pull back Obamacare oversight

The Trump administration will be scaling back its oversight of Obamacare starting next year, moving some duties to the states, amid criticism from advocates that it will hurt patients.

This week, the administration quietly informed insurers that it would give states more power to decide which plans are sold on Obamacare’s marketplaces in 2018. The move comes the same week Trump said he might try to withhold subsidies to Obamacare insurers to get Democrats on board with repealing the law.