WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18
PROGRAM # 8180 12:00 PM PST.
Trump’s New Attack on ACA.
Trump announced he will end subsidies to health insurance companies that help low-income people pay out-of-pocket costs. He also signed an executive order to allow the sale of health insurance plans with high deductibles and fewer benefits and fewer protections. Fifteen states responded immediately suing Trump over the ending of the ACA payments to insurers. In another development, bipartisan senators reached a deal on health subsidies, plan that was called “dead on arrival” due to Trump’s opposition. An analyst also comments on the foreseeable impact of this climate of uncertainty on the upcoming open enrollment period.
Guest: Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-CA, Washington, DC; Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, Health Equity Director, Families USA, Washington, DC. http://familiesusa.org/
Clean Power Plan At Risk. The Trump administration is planning to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an environmental policy requiring power generators to clean up their coal-burning operations or switch to a different fuel, like natural gas. The plan is intended to prevent toxic pollution and fight climate change. An expert comments on the ramifications of the upcoming decision by EPA to kill the climate plan.
Guest: Melissa Vargas, Political Affairs Project Manager, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC, www.edf.org
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