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CBO never scored Obamacare’s insurer bailout program

By Philip Klein

Published November 18, 2013 5:00am ET

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CBO never scored Obamacare’s insurer bailout program — Though Department of Health and Human Services officials have not released a demographic breakdown of those who they say picked health care plans through the exchanges, it's been widely suggested by health care experts that those with high medical costs are the ones most likely to endure the arduous sign-up process. This creates the potential for a much more expensive risk pool than anticipated. (Photo: Thinkstock) | Pogonici

As the troubled rollout of President Obama’s health care law has threatened to wreak havoc with the individual insurance market, more analysts are focusing on a program buried within Obamacare that compensates insurers for excessive losses.

Last Thursday, Department of Health and Human Services officials revealed that they were looking into ways of expanding the program to funnel more money to the industry.

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