A long-running lawsuit between the Trump administration, House Republicans and Democratic attorneys general over billions of dollars of Obamacare subsidies has been settled, according to an agreement filed in federal court Friday.
The settlement agreement, details of which weren't available in the filings but described as "conditional," could pave the way for eventual payment of the cost-sharing reduction payments, or CSRs. The CSRs had been paid to health insurers as a way to subsidize some lower-income patients' insurance co-payments and deductibles, allowing them easier access to health care.
The Trump administration had stopped making the payments, throwing the Affordable Care Act's markets into chaos and causing premiums to rise, and state Democratic attorneys general continued the legal effort to try and preserve the subsidies.
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