Wednesday, October 18, 2017

He supports it, except maybe he doesn't


But the exact position of Donny Dinkydick depends on which day it is and sometimes even what time of day it is. In the case of the ACA fix cobbled up by Sens Murray and Alexander, he was all for it yesterday, today not so much.
President Trump on Wednesday qualified his endorsement of a bipartisan Senate proposal to stabilize health insurance markets, even as the chief architect of the deal predicted that it would become law before the end of the year.

Mr. Trump on Tuesday appeared to give his blessing to a deal to restore health insurance subsidies that he had just canceled when the accord was announced. Senators Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, and Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, agreed on legislation that would continue federal payments to insurance companies through 2019 to reimburse them for discounts they are required to provide to millions of low-income people who have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.

On Wednesday, the president appeared to send a different message:


But that message may have been more of a caveat than a rejection. Mr. Alexander, the chairman of the Senate health committee, said he received a telephone call on Wednesday from the president. “He wanted to be encouraging about the bipartisan agreement that Senator Murray and I announced yesterday,” Mr. Alexander said.

Mr. Trump “intends to review it carefully to see if he wants to add anything to it,” Mr. Alexander said, adding that the president “wants to reserve his options.”
And it has only just begun it long and arduous trip to becoming law. Wonder what Donny will think about what ends up on his desk?

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