{"id":4024,"date":"2016-03-17T14:38:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/?p=4024"},"modified":"2016-03-17T14:38:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:38:47","slug":"5-billion-obamacare-windfall-insurers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/5-billion-obamacare-windfall-insurers\/","title":{"rendered":"A $5 Billion Obamacare Windfall for Insurers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A dozen health insur\u00adance co-ops estab\u00adlished by Oba\u00admacare have so far failed, leav\u00ading behind headaches for con\u00adsumers, providers and tax\u00adpay\u00aders. Now one of them is suing for more gov\u00adern\u00adment hand\u00adouts. [Cred\u00adit: Man\u00adhat\u00adtan Institute]<\/p><\/div>Oregon\u2019s health insur\u00adance co-oper\u00ada\u00adtive is yet anoth\u00ader Oba\u00admacare fail\u00adure. It squan\u00addered tax\u00adpay\u00ader-backed hand\u00adouts and loans, dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00aded its cus\u00adtomers and now has shut\u00adtered its operations.\n

But with an audac\u00adi\u00adty that would make even Don\u00adald Trump blush, Health Repub\u00adlic of Ore\u00adgon wants more tax\u00adpay\u00ader mon\u00adey. Its exec\u00adu\u00adtives are suing the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment to demand more gov\u00adern\u00adment hand\u00adouts.  Read more on Inside Sources<\/a> or RealClearPolicy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oregon\u2019s health insur\u00adance co-oper\u00ada\u00ad\u00adtive is yet anoth\u00ader Oba\u00admacare fail\u00adure. It squan\u00addered tax\u00ad\u00adpay\u00ader-backed hand\u00adouts and loans, dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00aded its cus\u00adtomers and now has shut\u00adtered its oper\u00ada\u00adtions. But with an audac\u00adi\u00adty that would make even Don\u00adald Trump blush, Health Repub\u00adlic of Ore\u00adgon wants \u2026 Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1272,16,124],"tags":[119,1274,1273,1188],"class_list":["post-4024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-co-ops","category-health-care","category-obamacare","tag-health-insurance","tag-health-insurance-co-ops","tag-health-republic-oregon","tag-obamacare"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t