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Article snippet: The Trump administration will have to decide Monday whether it wants to continue fighting a court decision that could undo one of ObamaCare’s key features. If the White House drops its appeal in a lawsuit over ObamaCare cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to insurers, it could fast-track the end of the health law — something Republicans have made a major campaign promise for years. But administration officials are wary of ending the lawsuit, because they know that doing so would send the insurance markets into chaos. Insurers have warned of massive premium hikes or threatened to exit the ObamaCare exchanges completely if the payments don’t continue, and recent polls suggest Republicans would be blamed. President Trump has publicly waffled on whether he will continue the payments. At times he’s threatened to withhold them, let the ObamaCare markets collapse and blame Democrats. Other times, he’s acknowledged the political risks and said the payments would continue. As he decides, the administration remains in a difficult spot, paying money to support a law it is actively trying to repeal. The White House must update the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by Monday on how it wants to proceed. The legal battle at the center of the decision came from a 2014 lawsuit by House Republicans against the Obama administration over an estimated $7 billion a year paid to insurance companies. Insurers participating in ObamaCare rely on the subsidies so they c... Link to the full article to read more