“A little-known Obamacare program intended to create competition on the exchanges is falling short, leading a Republican senator to ask a federal agency why it is still devoting funding and manpower to it.
The Affordable Care Act created the Multi-State Plan Program to drive competition on the law’s exchanges, but only one state — Arkansas — is participating in the program next year. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said he is concerned about wasting the manpower of 42 federal employees on the program, which gets $10 million a year.
“It has utterly failed, so let’s just put a stake in it, save the money and put the human resources to better use,” Johnson told the Washington Examiner.” Source: Ron Johnson urges end of ‘failed’ Obamacare program – By Robert King, Nov 13, 2017, Washington Examiner – Read the full article here
