[The Hill] A federal court in California has struck down an emergency motion that would have forced the Trump administration to continue making ObamaCare subsidy payments to insurers.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria denied the motion for an injunction, saying that he was skeptical that cutting off the payments known as cost-sharing reductions (CSR) would cause an immediate injury to residents of the state.
He noted many states, including California, saw "the writing on the wall" and took actions to mitigate any potential harm if the payments were ended.
"To be sure, the absence of money for CSR payments does not seem to be causing health care reform to come crumbling down," Chhabria wrote in his ruling. |