The phrase "to need a bailout" means that someone or something is in financial trouble and requires urgent help or financial assistance from someone else or an organization to avoid a major problem or failure. Full definition
The country that needed a bailout in 2011 can borrow for less than its larger peer. (breakingviews.com)
As for AIG, some of those promoting insurance products say that AIG's life insurance subsidiaries did not need a bailout in the crisis. (alephblog.com)
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue under government conservatorship, eight years after the fact, and are still paying all their profit back to the U.S. Treasury, ironically putting them in danger of needing another bailout. (nbr.com)