Blue states are defying the Trump administration in a bid to protect ObamaCare and keep their insurance markets stable.
Several states, including California and Maryland, are looking to put limits on short-term insurance plans, even as the Trump administration is poised to expand access to them nationwide.
The states are doing so because they fear the availability of the short-term plans will drive up premium costs for ObamaCare.
President Trump and his allies took a victory lap on Friday, as new job numbers showed the overall unemployment rate dropped to an 18-year low, with black unemployment hitting its lowest rate on record.
The economy has expanded at a robust rate throughout Trump’s time in office, and many observers believe it will be the strongest card Republicans can play as they campaign in November’s midterm elections.
Yet the job numbers came at the end of a week that has also seen fears of a trade war rise sharply.
A strong jobs report on Friday bolstered the GOP’s argument that the economy is humming under President Trump, raising Republican optimism for the midterms.
The economy added 223,000 jobs in May, a bigger than expected number that was coupled with news that unemployment had fallen to 3.8 percent.
It extends the good economic news for Trump and the GOP, which has seen a series of favorable jobs reports this year.
