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February 16, 2017

Trump makes changes to Obama health law

  • The ‘initial steps' taken by the IRS and HHS could lead to policies with higher annual deductibles, according to the administration's own proposal.
    • By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and TOM MURPHY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took steps Wednesday intended to calm jittery insurance companies and make tax compliance with former President Barack Obama's health law less burdensome for some people.

    But the changes could lead to policies with higher annual deductibles, according to the administration's own proposal. That seems to undercut President Donald Trump's assurance in a recent Washington Post interview that his plan would mean “lower numbers, much lower deductibles.”


     
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