I also would like to thank Chairman Doc Hastings, Representatives Ben Ray Lujan, and Chuck Fleischmann for co-sponsoring...
I wonder if Mr. Foley would respond in writing as well to the suggestion of Ms. Simon for the AFGE based on what the Fed...
The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Member of Congress from the District of Columbia, Opening Statement.
And I want to thank Delegate Norton, our ranking member, because, in fact, this is the first and only federal exchange.
So when I discover, as the President has discovered, that although a great and longstanding model, it is not a model wit...
The word competition means nothing unless you are going to reduce the price for the average person on FEHBP.
Well, wait a minute. The point is price. What is the point, then?
If you had a smaller pool, the way the average employer apparently has, wouldn't that mean that the price for the averag...
So you think the regional pools, for example, which are a smaller number of employees?
FEHBP is, of course, the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the Country, covering 8 million individu...
Eight million Americans depend on this exchange, and it is the model, at best, for what we intend to make available to t...
Do we currently have a system that would make the optimum national exchange or should we make it better?
I find I can't bear how hard it is to change one little thing in government.
So you are telling me that the pool would not be as Mr. Breskin says when he keeps his OPM cherry-picking; you are sayin...
Well, let's get to switching plans. First of all, I think you have an obligation, as you come before us, to tell the mem...
Well, let's straighten that out. Are you saying to me that members of Congress and their staff will no longer be a part ...
I will leave that on the table and ask Mr. Breskin, in fact, I will ask Mr. Foley, perhaps both of you can explain this.
So when did the others drop out?
