WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Saturday floated a potential compromise amid the impasse over the U.S. government \u200bshutdown, urging Republicans to redirect federal money that currently goes to \u200chealth insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act and give it to individuals.<\/p>\n
“I am recommending to \u200cSenate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER,\u2060 HEALTHCARE, and have \u200cmoney left over,” Trump wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n
“In other words, take from the BIG, BAD \u200dInsurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare,” he added, without \u200boffering further details.<\/p>\n
Trump’s comments on Truth Social came just hours before the \u200cU.S. Senate was set to reconvene at noon (1700 GMT) after rejecting legislation on Friday that would have resumed paychecks for hundreds of thousands of federal workers during the longest shutdown in U.S. history.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers remained at odds over how to reopen the government. Democrats want a funding bill to \u2060include healthcare subsidies that are due to expire \u200bfor 24 million Americans at year’s end,\u200b but Republicans say Congress must first pass a funding bill without strings attached and allow the government to reopen before tackling other \u200dissues.<\/p>\n
Representatives for the \u2060White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s post. Representatives for U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune \u2060and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
\u200c(Reporting by Susan Heavey; additional reporting by Jonathan Landay; \u200cEditing by Alistair Bell and Sergio Non)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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