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A $5 Billion Obamacare Windfall for Insurers?

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A dozen health insurance co-ops established by Obamacare have so far failed, leaving behind headaches for consumers, providers and taxpayers. Now one of them is suing for more government handouts. [Credit: Manhattan Institute]

A dozen health insur­ance co-ops estab­lished by Oba­macare have so far failed, leav­ing behind headaches for con­sumers, providers and tax­pay­ers. Now one of them is suing for more gov­ern­ment hand­outs. [Cred­it: Man­hat­tan Institute]

Oregon’s health insur­ance co-oper­a­tive is yet anoth­er Oba­macare fail­ure. It squan­dered tax­pay­er-backed hand­outs and loans, dis­ap­point­ed its cus­tomers and now has shut­tered its operations.

But with an audac­i­ty that would make even Don­ald Trump blush, Health Repub­lic of Ore­gon wants more tax­pay­er mon­ey. Its exec­u­tives are suing the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment to demand more gov­ern­ment hand­outs.  Read more on Inside Sources or RealClearPolicy.