19-10-2017 21:16 via vtdigger.org

UPDATED: Scott calls on Congress to fund Obamacare subsidies

Gov. Phil Scott. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger(This story was updated Oct. 19 at 9:40 p.m. with reporting from Washington by Elizabeth Hewitt.)
Gov. Phil Scott is urging Congress to continue federal health insurance subsidies thatPresident Donald Trump ordered cut off.
Scott is one of 10 governors who sent a letter Thursday asking congressional leaders to take that step to stabilize the health insurance markets created under the Affordable Care Act. The markets largely serve people who don
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