Senators prepare health-care packages after Trump abruptly ends subsidy payments

Democrat Patty Murray and Republican Lamar Alexander are looking for a bipartisan health-care solution.
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Following President Trump's decision last week to end Affordable Care Act subsidy payments to insurance companies that lowered premiums for low-income customers, senators are moving to introduce new health-care packages aimed at stabilizing the potential turbulence from the executive order, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have been working on a highly anticipated bipartisan health-care plan for months, and are expected to introduce it "within days." That deal "would likely fund ObamaCare subsidies ... and provide states with more flexibility to change ObamaCare's requirements," Politico reports. Trump has reportedly signaled his approval of the bipartisan approach.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.