That was not done with Obamacare, obviously, as Senator McCain--who was here at the time--talked about it.

It has not stabilized. And, what is interesting about your testimony is, it has gotten worse.

There is lots of debate about what we do, but just a lack of choice and the lack of competition, as it relates to costs--but it also relates to quality of care.

Eighty-six percent of Obamacare premiums were subsidized by tax dollars.

I could not agree more with Senator Carper and others who spoke who said we need to do this on a bipartisan basis.

So, here we had a period where you would have expected some stabilization. Instead, you have just the opposite.

Our health care system was not perfect before the Affordable Care Act, but... many of the pledges and promises that were made just have not been kept.

I joined some of my colleagues to introduce what is called 'The State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act.'

That second-class citizen you were talking about--that is, unfortunately, happening within the exchanges.

I think, conceptually, it makes a lot of sense.

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