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Federal judge upholds order to end cost-sharing reduction subsidies

A federal judge rejected a bid by Democratic state officials to temporarily block the White House from ending so-called cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers under the Affordable Care Act.

By Joel Rosenblatt, Andrew Harris | Updated on October 25, 2017
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria denied a request brought by 19 states to force the federal government to continue to make CSR payments. (Photo: Shuttesrtock)

A federal judge rejected a bid by Democratic state officials to temporarily block the White House from ending so-called cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers under the Affordable Care Act.

A coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general, led by California’s Xavier Becerra and New York’s Eric Schneiderman, sought to force the federal government to continue to make the payments that help insurance companies lower out-of-pocket costs for poorer policyholders.

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