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Mea culpa
In Tuesday’s newsletter, I wrote that Trump had reversed his position on ACA premium subsidies by threatening to veto legislation extending them. However, Trump was responding to a question specifically about a clean, three-year extension. That’s an idea that Republicans generally oppose, though some voted for it in the House in the hopes of spurring the Senate to negotiate a compromise.
