{"id":135106,"date":"2017-10-20T08:23:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T14:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135106"},"modified":"2017-10-20T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:45:41","slug":"bailout-not-bailout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/bailout-not-bailout.html","title":{"rendered":"When is a “bailout” not a bailout?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s demonstrable that arguing Donald Trump’s policy proclamations are incoherent at best, dishonest at worse, is a futile gesture, as neither Trump nor his most rabid supporters care.<\/p>\n

But it’s still worth noting, just for the record, that the whole “Obamacare insurance company bailout” argument both incoherent and<\/i> dishonest, and that’s Trump’s proclamations will drive up both insurance premiums and<\/i> the federal deficit. But, hey, it might cause the ACA to “collapse,” so it’s a big win for Trumpism, right?<\/p>\n


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\nNo, Trump Did Not Cancel \u2018Bailouts for Insurers\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It’s demonstrable that arguing Donald Trump’s policy proclamations are incoherent at best, dishonest at worse, is a futile gesture, as neither Trump nor his most rabid supporters care. But it’s still worth noting, just for the record, that the whole “Obamacare insurance company bailout” argument both incoherent and dishonest, and that’s Trump’s proclamations will drive … Continue reading “When is a “bailout” not a bailout?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"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}},"categories":[106,77,134,376,1071],"tags":[1171,1270,1077],"class_list":["post-135106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-economy","category-health-care","category-taxing-spending","category-trump","tag-aca","tag-insurance","tag-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Trump-pbtpbtpbtpbt.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138418,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/26\/trump-finds-a-new-avenue-of-attack-on-the-aca.html","url_meta":{"origin":135106,"position":0},"title":"Trump finds a new avenue of attack on the ACA","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 26-Mar-19 12:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"He couldn't do it through Congress, and hasn't quite managed it by Executive Order, so ...","rel":"","context":"In "Economic Justice"","block_context":{"text":"Economic Justice","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/economic-justice"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Donald-Trump-in-front-of-a-flag.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":132133,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/01\/to-provide-fewer-human-services-for-health.html","url_meta":{"origin":135106,"position":1},"title":"To provide fewer Human Services for Health","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 1-Dec-16 7:02am","format":false,"excerpt":"Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act has been the top priority for the GOP since it was passed (heck, probably before that). 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