The looming backdoor bailout for Obamacare

Published September 30, 2016 4:01am ET



As the nation weighs who should next be trusted with the presidency, the current occupant of the White House seems poised to provide yet another reminder of the importance of maintaining checks on executive power. President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services has in recent weeks floated the possibility of the federal government using a backdoor method to funnel money to insurers losing money through Obamacare, even though Congress has twice voted to block such payments.

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