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"About 5 weeks ago, I noted that organizations representing pretty much the entire healthcare industry sent urgent letters to Donald Trump, HHS Secretary Tom Price, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, OMB Director Mick Mulveney and current CMS Administrator Seema Verma...basically, every major healthcare-related administration figure...practically begging them to fund the goddamned Cost Sharing Reduction reimbursements.
They made it crystal clear how vitally important doing this was, and Trump grudgingly went ahead and made the April payment, then later indicated that he was "probably" going to keep reimbursing carriers for the CSR funds legally owed to them on an ongoing basis, at least until the House vs. Price (formerly House vs. Burwell) lawsuit appeal process was completed.
Unfortunately, this a) didn't resolve the underlying problem (namely, that even if he makes good on his promise, CSR payments are still in danger at some point down the road depending on how the final court ruling turns out), and b) it became moot earlier today when, according to Politico, Trump has since changed his mind and now plans on stopping the CSR reimbursements after all.
On top of all this, the clock has continued ticking, filing deadlines for the 2018 Open Enrollment Period have already passed for a few states, and there's little time to spare...so the big guns have decided to turn their sights on Congress instead...and this time even more major players are joining in..."
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