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This week it seemed that lawmakers took a step forward to address the growing cost of health insurance premiums.
Yesterday Senators Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee and Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, announced that they had agreed on a plan to stabilize insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act.
President Donald Trump initially indicated that he supported the effort but later reversed his position.
I am supportive of Lamar as a person & also of the process, but I can never support bailing out ins co's who have made a fortune w/ O'Care.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
I am supportive of Lamar as a person & also of the process, but I can never support bailing out ins co's who have made a fortune w/ O'Care.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2017
We spoke about it with Chad Terhune, a senior correspondent with Kaiser Health News.