President Donald Trump initially supported the Alexander-Murray bill, which funds cost-sharing subsidies for two years and gives states flexibility regarding ACA regulations, before saying he could never support a proposal that funds the subsidies. White House officials later said President Trump could support the bill but only if certain ACA regulations, such as the employer and individual mandate, were repealed.
“He’s where he has been from the very beginning … , ‘I want to get a deal, I don’t want to give this money to insurance companies,’ ” Mr. Mulvaney said of President Trump, according to The Hill. “He doesn’t want to do any of that without also getting something for folks who are being hurt. I think there’s actually a pretty good chance to get a deal. It’s just Murray-Alexander in its current form probably isn’t far enough.”
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