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HHS says it ditched ‘exchanges’ because word doesn’t translate into Spanish
The Hill ^ | 1/31/13 | Elise Viebeck

Posted on 01/31/2013 10:38:49 AM PST by Nachum

The Obama administration has stopped using the term “exchanges” to describe part of the healthcare law because the word doesn’t translate into Spanish, an official said Thursday. Anton Gunn, director of External Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said the rebranding of the insurance exchanges as "marketplaces" was geared toward Spanish speakers who will use the system. "We´re going to use the word ´marketplace´ because it actually makes sense to people," Gunn said at a conference in Washington, D.C. " ´Exchange´ doesn´t translate to anything in Spanish, but ´marketplace´ does."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: exchanges; hhs; spanish; translate
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1 posted on 01/31/2013 10:38:56 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

“We´re going to use the word ´marketplace´ because it actually makes sense to people,” Gunn said at a conference in Washington, D.C. “ ´Exchange´ doesn´t translate to anything in Spanish, but ´marketplace´ does.””

I am glad hussein is so sensitive to the needs of the foreigners like himself.


2 posted on 01/31/2013 10:41:07 AM PST by shelterguy
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3 posted on 01/31/2013 10:41:35 AM PST by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

“Intercambios,” you idiots.


4 posted on 01/31/2013 10:43:44 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Nachum

No habla ingles?........


5 posted on 01/31/2013 10:44:09 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: Nachum

Online translator says; “intercambio, canjear, canjear”


6 posted on 01/31/2013 10:44:14 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Nachum

Perhaps, “mercada del muerte”? Yeah, that’s the ticket!


7 posted on 01/31/2013 10:45:00 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Nachum

If you say “free,” they will come, no matter what other word you use.


8 posted on 01/31/2013 10:45:59 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Nachum
Turns out we don't even have to pass a bill to know what's in it, because it doesn't matter what's in it...

...it says whatever we want it to say, whenever we want it to say it.

9 posted on 01/31/2013 10:47:05 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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To: Nachum

fallecimiento mercado is a tad more idiomatic ~ kind of soft peddles it.


10 posted on 01/31/2013 10:48:16 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Nachum

Exchange—(market)—”bolsa”


11 posted on 01/31/2013 10:50:11 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Que dijo senor? Whatchoo say? No canjear you!


12 posted on 01/31/2013 10:51:08 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Nachum
My impression is that a better word would be "suk."



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13 posted on 01/31/2013 10:59:41 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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14 posted on 01/31/2013 11:03:26 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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To: Nachum

“What does it matter?”(to coin a phrase) I thought ILLEGALS were exempt along with mulims.


15 posted on 01/31/2013 11:04:41 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Nachum
YOU LIE!!!
16 posted on 01/31/2013 11:10:04 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: Nachum

closer dear HHS, just add one more word: slave

let’s all say it together...

slave marketplace

or in the language of the conquistadores:

mercado de esclavos

again.

again.


17 posted on 01/31/2013 11:12:57 AM PST by dadfly
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To: Nachum

What a pathetic excuse for changing euphemisms.


18 posted on 01/31/2013 11:17:25 AM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Army Air Corps

My boss speaks Spanish fluently and can handle the dialects in every Spanish speaking country south of the US.

When I told him this story, the first word out of his mouth was, “intercambios”.

I’d like to see a few paragraphs from the bill in case there is some kind of contextual misunderstanding because the word obviously exists in Spanish.


19 posted on 01/31/2013 11:29:50 AM PST by Marko413
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To: Nachum

The original term in Hillary Care was “health care COLLECTIVES”. That REALLY didn’t play well, so they called them “health care exchanges”. Now they’ve changed it again. As a former teacher of mine used to say: “No matter how you slice it, it’s still baloney.”


20 posted on 01/31/2013 11:30:55 AM PST by mkmensinger
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