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Health insurance subsidies. Now you see them. Now you don't.

Hello again. I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Pointermines company subsidies are key to the Affordable Care Act.

After President Trump cut them last week, he called Obamacare virtually dead. Then yesterday,

a bipartisan group of senators proposed to revive the subsidies for two more years, and the

president changed his tune till this morning. Will any of this keep Obamacare alive?

That may depend on the most conservative

Republicans in Congress still determined to dance on its grave. We'll hear about uncertainty for

low-income consumers with this year's enrollment starting in less than two weeks. Later on

today's talking point, a Trump appointee and a law signed by Barack Obama linked to the opioid epidemic.

First, here's the news.

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I'm going on and I'll be back with To the Point. Uncertainty about the fate of Obamacare grows by the day with key factors including bipartisanship in the Senate, opposition deeper than ever in Congress,

and a president who veers from one side to the other. We'll talk with Maryland's Attorney General

and others about what's at stake, from the State House to the doctor's office. Today's

talking point, President Trump's choice as drug czar has withdrawn his name after reports that he

pushed a law signed by Barack Obama.

It weakened drug enforcement even as pharmaceutical companies and corrupt doctors fuel the opioid epidemic.

First, this news update, Attorney General and former Senator Jeff Sessions returned to Capitol Hill today,

telling the Judiciary Committee he won't reveal conversations with President Trump about Russian meddling,

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