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Have doubled. >> others note congress has the power of the purse and these payments were never authorized. >> we knew these were unconstitutional when you look at the way the affordable care act was written. but the administration did it anyway which they had a habit of taking that action, doing what they wanted to do. >> it is not clear if this will be the action forcing all involved to the negotiating table. >> shepard: let's turn to aaron vintner, from the wall street jurm, a company with which fox news shares common ownership. >> good to be with you. in con sense this is president trump do...

Decides to do nothing. . >> shepard: president trump unravelling the affordable care act. he said the government will stop making subsidy payments to insurers immediately. they bring down co-pays and deductibles for people with low incomes. the white house says it can't keep making these payments because congress never authorized the money. the president telling democrats to call him to cut a deal. >> president trump: now, if the democrats were smart, what they'd do is come and negotiate something where people could really get the kind of healthcare that they deserve being citizens of our grea...

>> i hope none of you ever experience anything like that. it's been a tough thing to deal with for us up here. one thing that's probably going to help us more than anything, is playing for you guys tonight. thank you all for coming out. [applause] >> shepard: jason aldeen in tulsa. he said he thinks about the shooting vipg times every day. he said the attackers want to scare us. but he refusions to live in fear. more ahead on president trump cutting off crucial subsidies in obamacare. we'll speak with a news editor from the "wall street journal" who said this is a high risk move for the presid...

Cruelly and spitely acted to sabotage the law and healthcare it provides. it's a matter of life and death. >> earlier on a offense call, chuck schumer told reporters this will cause many americans to suffer. >> president's decision last night to end the cost sharing payments is going to be devastating for millions of americans. poor americans and those in the middle class. it's one of the worst things the president could do, sap taj our healthcare system. >> democrats are warning this will cause premiums to soar for many people. shep? >> shepard: republicans? well they're saying that this is c...

He would cut off the obamacare payment which helped lower income americans avoid i should say afford health insurance. the white house says lawmakers never signed off on the payments. and the attorney general, jeff sessions, tells fox news healthcare should be up to the congress not to the courts. >> it's time for congress to fix this bill. that's what needs to happen. congress has got to get together, republicans and the democrats have got to come onboard. these expenditures cannot go on without congress's support. >> shepard: lawmakers struggled to agree on anything when it comes to healthca...