The White House walked back its threat Wednesday to explode the Obamacare market by halting crucial payments to health insurance companies, just hours after signaling it might take that drastic step within weeks. The consequences of halting these payments to health insurance companies would be devastating for people who buy coverage on their own, rather than through employers. Trump has threatened repeatedly to allow the Obamacare insurance markets to wither under his watch, either through inaction or by halting federal payments to health insurance companies. This time, the threat came as the White House and Congress rush to enact a spending bill to keep the federal government operational, because current funding expires when the clock strikes midnight on Saturday. Polls have repeatedly indicated the opposite ― that voters will hold Trump and the Republicans responsible for what happens to health insurance.

Source: Huffington Post April 26, 2017 18:10 UTC