left to wonder, month to month, whether they will receive them.

The White House cited that legal dispute when it announced the end of the payments late Thursday.

"The bailout of insurance companies through these unlawful payments is yet another example of how the previous administration abused taxpayer dollars and skirted the law to prop up a broken system," the White House statement said.

The decision to end the cost-sharing payments came just hours after Trump signed an executive order hoping to make it easier for people and small businesses to buy cheaper health insurance policies through trade groups and professional associations.

Those plan would likely have fewer benefits and appeal to healthier, younger people.

The two moves Thursday could split the health care market. People with low-incomes or expensive medical conditions likecourt reconsider denial of the recusal motion under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) and, at the same time, requested that the court vacate its decision on the merits of Salahuddin's motions to suppress. The court in turn issued an order requesting that Salahuddin's counsel file a response to the motion on or before February 3, 2009. Counsel for Salahuddin then sought and was granted an extension of time to February 20, 2009, to confer with her client and file a response. As a result, the February 24, 2009 final pretrial conference was converted to a status conference during which the trial and final pretrial conference were rescheduled.

BACKGROUND
Once again, the focal point for the government's renewed request for recusal is a meeting held in this court's chambers on October 9,