{"id":4645,"date":"2016-10-10T08:38:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2016-10-10T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:38:15","slug":"obama-administration-wants-to-use-taxpayer-money-to-settle-health-insurer-lawsuits-heres-how-a-republican-would-stop-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4645","title":{"rendered":"Obama Administration Wants to Use Taxpayer Money to Settle Health Insurer Lawsuits. Here\u2019s How a Republican Would Stop It."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Melissa Quinn for The Daily Signal)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3c3c3c; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Republican Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah has mounted a campaign urging House Speaker Paul Ryan to initiate a lawsuit against the Obama administration over the potential use of a fund the Treasury Department oversees to pay federal legal claims to settle with insurance companies suing the government.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2016\/10\/07\/utah-republican-urges-paul-ryan-to-file-lawsuit-over-obama-administrations-use-of-obscure-fund-to-settle-with-insurers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Daily-Signal-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4078\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Daily-Signal-logo-300x51.png\" alt=\"The Daily Signal logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Daily-Signal-logo-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Daily-Signal-logo.png 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: 1px solid #eaeaea; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; font-family: 'Courier 10 Pitch', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; overflow: auto; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #444444; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. 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