AP FACT CHECK: Trump misleads on congressional health care
TRUMP tweet Monday: "If ObamaCare is hurting people, & it is, why shouldn't it hurt the insurance companies & why should
THE FACTS: Although Trump's tweet may suggest otherwise, members of
It's something of an anomaly, because other people covered by employer-sponsored health insurance plans were not required by the law to enter the newly created insurance exchanges. But the provision was added under political pressure, to avoid the perception that lawmakers were writing a law for the public that they themselves would be able to avoid.
The 2010 law set up health insurance for members of
The federal government pays about 72 percent of lawmakers' premiums, according to the
Not all members of
Sen.
Although Trump's tweet could be read to suggest he plans to do something about what members of
Meantime his negativity about insurance companies raises a different matter entirely.
Although it's not completely clear what Trump is talking about by suggesting Obamacare should "hurt the insurance companies," it could be a reference to an ongoing issue of whether the Trump administration will continue cost-sharing payments to insurers.
The subsidies, totaling about
The payments are the subject of a lawsuit brought by
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