Thank you, Dr. Roe. I do want to thank you again for convening this hearing.

I understand that, but I think to be fully accurate we need to compare what they are paying at the outset versus what they would have paid with a fully insured plan.

Because of the Affordable Care Act's ban on annual and lifetime limits, workers no longer face financial ruin if they confront a chronic or catastrophic illness.

The ACA is also helping strengthen employer-sponsored coverage for the more than 150 million workers and their families who get their health insurance through employment.

The Affordable Care Act paves the way for all Americans to have access to quality, affordable health care coverage for the first time.

The Affordable Care Act can pave the way for all Americans to have access to quality, affordable health coverage for the first time.

While it is unacceptable that technical problems prevented people from signing up for the marketplaces at the outset, there is more than a month of open enrollment left and millions of Americans are signing up for coverage.

I want to thank in particular Chairman Roe--Dr. Roe--for calling today's hearing, and thank all the witnesses for testifying today.

Children can stay on their parent's plan until they are 26, including 5,400 young people in my district alone.

Thank you, Dr. Roe. Thanks again for having this hearing. It has been very informative.

we have to have a balanced approach here and that we have to tread lightly and that we cannot cut these programs to the bone