‘I’ll sue him’: CA Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Trump’s threat to cut ACA subsidies

State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones calls for Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Co., to reduce it's planned rate increase on small group major medical policyholders during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013.
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With President Trump’s looming threat to cut Affordable Care Act subsidies, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is taking measures in an attempt to stabilize the state’s health care exchange.

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