On the recordJune 22, 2017
in conclusion, I wish to make one other comment, and that is, the people in Michigan who are purchasing on the private exchange--over half of whom are able to get a policy today for their families for less than $100--I would say they would have a different perspective. We need to fix those things that are not working, but for the 97 percent of the children in Michigan who can now see a doctor because of what has been done; for the hospitals that now see 50 percent fewer people walking into the emergency room without insurance, raising the costs for all policies; for the savings the State of Michigan is going to have in its budget next year of $432 million in savings to taxpayers because they did the right thing by allowing children to go to a doctor instead of getting sick and going to the emergency room, I would suggest this is the wrong direction.
