The Latest: Democrats slam new Trump health policy
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Latest on  President Donald Trump 's executive order on health care (all times local):
Congressional Democratic leaders say it will be an act of "vast  pointless sabotage" if  President Donald Trump  halts payments to insurers under "Obamacare."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi reacted Thursday night to news reports that  Trump  planned to stop the cost-sharing payments.
The Democrats say  Trump  "has apparently decided to punish the American people for  his  inability to improve our health care system." They add that "millions of hard-working American families will suffer just because  President Trump  wants them to."
 President Donald Trump  plans to halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law that  he  has been trying to unravel for months.
 Trump 's decision is expected to rattle already-unsteady insurance marketplaces.  The president  has previously threatened to end the payments  which help reduce health insurance copays and deductibles for people with modest incomes  but remain under a legal cloud.
 The president 's action is likely to trigger a lawsuit from state attorneys general  who contend the subsidies to insurers are fully authorized by federal law  and  the president 's position is reckless.
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President Donald Trump  predicts "millions and millions of people" will benefit from  his  action to unwind the health care law.
 He 's signed an executive order to make lower-premium plans more widely available.
White House domestic policy director Andrew Bremberg said that  Trump  still believes Congress needs to repeal and replace the Obama-era Affordable Care Act. The White House described the order as first steps.
 Trump  signed the order in the White House's Roosevelt Room surrounded by Vice President Mike Pence  members of his Cabinet and Congress.
 President Donald Trump  has signed an executive order that aims to make lower-premium health care plans available to more Americans.
 The president  says the order will provide what  he  calls "Obamacare relief" for millions of Americans.
 Trump  is relying on the executive order because the Republican-controlled Congress has been unable to pass a plan to repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.
 Trump  says the health care system "will get better" with  his  action  and the action will cost the federal government nothing.
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Latest on  President Donald Trump 's executive order on health care (all times local):
Congressional Democratic leaders say it will be an act of "vast  pointless sabotage" if   [TGT] halts payments to insurers under "Obamacare."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi reacted Thursday night to news reports that   [TGT] planned to stop the cost-sharing payments.
The Democrats say   [TGT]   "has apparently decided to punish the American people for  his  inability to improve our health care system." They add that "millions of hard-working American families will suffer just because   [TGT] wants them to. [TGT] 
plans to halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law that   [TGT]   has been trying to unravel for months.
  [TGT]  's decision is expected to rattle already-unsteady insurance marketplaces.   [TGT] has previously threatened to end the payments  which help reduce health insurance copays and deductibles for people with modest incomes  but remain under a legal cloud.
  [TGT]  's action is likely to trigger a lawsuit from state attorneys general  who contend the subsidies to insurers are fully authorized by federal law  and  the president 's position is reckless.
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predicts "millions and millions of people" will benefit from  his  action to unwind the health care law.
 He 's signed an executive order to make lower-premium plans more widely available.
White House domestic policy director Andrew Bremberg said that   [TGT]   still believes Congress needs to repeal and replace the Obama-era Affordable Care Act. The White House described the order as first steps.
  [TGT] signed the order in the White House's Roosevelt Room surrounded by Vice President Mike Pence  members of his Cabinet and Congress.
  [TGT] has signed an executive order that aims to make lower-premium health care plans available to more Americans.
  [TGT] says the order will provide what   [TGT]   calls "Obamacare relief" for millions of Americans.
  [TGT] is relying on the executive order because the Republican-controlled Congress has been unable to pass a plan to repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.
  [TGT] says the health care system "will get better" with   [TGT]   action  and the action will cost the federal government nothing.