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White House to keep paying Obamacare subsidies for now: official

FILE PHOTO: Protesters demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump and his plans to end Obamacare outside the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Protesters demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump and his plans to end Obamacare outside the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

The Trump administration will continue to pay subsidies for low-income Americans receiving healthcare coverage under Obamacare, but no decisions have been made about future funding, a White House official said on Wednesday.

"While we agreed to go ahead and make the ... payments for now, we haven't made a final decision about future commitments," the official said.

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