Thune, White House cool to new Obamacare payment idea

Published May 17, 2017 6:42pm ET



A key member of Senate leadership and the White House are viewing a plan to replace Obamacare’s subsidies to insurers with some trepidation.

The insurance industry is touting an idea to fund health savings accounts for low-income Obamacare customers with the money that currently is used to reimburse insurers for reducing the co-pays and deductibles for those consumers, according to Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.

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