So, here we had a period where you would have expected some stabilization. Instead, you have just the opposite.
Robert Portman
The Public Record
I joined some of my colleagues to introduce what is called 'The State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act.'
That was not done with Obamacare, obviously, as Senator McCain--who was here at the time--talked about it.
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.
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.
That second-class citizen you were talking about--that is, unfortunately, happening within the exchanges.
the American people are shocked to learn that independent agencies who play a bigger and bigger role in all of our lives do not have to go through a basic cost benefit analysis.





