the tax's purpose is to offset the costs of the Affordable Care Act
I am concerned about some recent reports that have identified some anti-competitive effects of excessive integration of hospital systems.
I think that would allow us to put the word, God-awful, in there.
These are supposed to be rainy day funds, but it's supposed to be raining really hard before they can get them out, not just sprinkling.
I worked on this with Senator Kohl for a while, and I'm now working on it with Senator Bill Nelson and hope that it becomes a part of whatev...
I applaud him for all the work that he has done on this issue.
I cannot believe that we are forcing every State in the Nation to try to write their own program.
I have another 100 questions that my State needs answered, and we need them answered quicker than 6 months.
I cannot thank you enough, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing.
It does look to me as though you are trying to force everyone into a Federal exchange.
So, without those CO-OPs, there is not much opportunity to expand the amount of competition then.