Political Quotes

“I wish to speak about encouraging news from Pennsylvania. A June 17 article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette details how Pennsylvania's health insurance marketplace, established through the Affordable Care Act, is working as intended for enrollees. I would like to enter this article into the Record as evidence of how the Affordable Care Act is expanding access to health insurance, in Pennsylvania and throughout our Nation. I ask unanimous consent that the full text of the article be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 17, 2014] Pa. Health Marketplace `Working' for Enrollees 68% had premiums of $100 or less: report (By Steve Twedt) Pennsylvanians who selected midrange coverage ``silver'' plans in the new private health insurance marketplace created as part of the federal Affordable Care Act paid an average monthly premium of $60 with tax credits, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Overall for all four plans--bronze, silver, gold and platinum--68 percent of enrollees had premiums of $100 or less after factoring in tax credits and 47 percent found plans with premiums of $50 a month or less, the report said. ``What we're finding is that the marketplace is working for Pennsylvanians,'' said HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell in a release.…”