Durbin slams Trump health care order

Posted on October 13, 2017

By RFD Radio

WASHINGTON- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is weighing in on President Donald Trump’s order on health care, something he said is destabilizing the Affordable Care Act.

Trump announced late Thursday he intends to end some health care subsidies for lower-income enrollees.

“Make no mistake—after spending nine months repeatedly trying and failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Trump is sabotaging America’s health care system and hurting working families to make a political point,” Durbin said.

Durbin said the President is using familiar tactics, including instructing federal agencies not to enforce the law, cutting the open enrollment period in half, and canceling television and radio ads that educated people about how to enroll for insurance.

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