Political Quotes

“This section provides $200 million for States to establish State-based marketplaces. The Federal law provided States with the option of building their own State-based marketplace or utilizing the Federal marketplace. I know my own State blew through close to $300 million trying to create its own exchange. It was a terrible financial disaster, a total waste of money. They couldn't get it going. They finally closed the thing up, but not before they blew through hundreds of millions of dollars, and then they went to the Federal exchange. Every State except Alaska applied for these grants. Florida and Georgia were awarded planning grants but later returned their entire grants. Other States returned some of the grant money they received but also kept some. This would have been under the Obama administration when they were enacting ObamaCare. No funding was awarded after December 31, 2014, in accordance with the law. From the 2018 plan year, 34 States had federally facilitated marketplaces; 12 States had State-based marketplaces; and 5 States had State-based marketplaces using the Federal platform. The Committee on Energy and Commerce issued a majority staff report entitled: Implementing ObamaCare Review of CMS' Management of the State-Based Exchanges, September 13, 2016.…”