deductible, and we know that this is happening by talking to the folks out there trying to provide the care. a third of the counties in the united states, one-third of the counties in the united states have only one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. five states only have one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. one insurer is not a choice. so we need to make certain that we correct that. in tennessee this morning, it was announced that there are a number of counties that have no insurers offering under the exchange. insurers are leaving the market on the exchange paid last year, there were 232 insurers providing coverage, offering coverage on the exchange, now there are 167. that is a loss of about 30% in one year alone. all of this means that the patients are not getting the care that they need. the principles that we have as our guiding star our affordability. we want a system affordable for everybody. accessibility, we want a system accessible for everyone, a system o
make $40,000, 50,000, 60,000 your deductible oftentimes is 8,000, 10,000, 12,000 a year. what that means is that you ve got an insurance card but you don t get care, because you can t afford the deductible, and we know this is happening by talking to the folks out there trying to provide the care. third of the counties in the united states, one-third of the counties in the united states have only one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. five states only have one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. one insurer is not a choice. so we need to make certain we correct that. in tennessee this morning, it was announced that there are a number of counties that have no insurer offering coverage on the exchange. insurers are leaving the market on the exchange. last year there were 232 insurers that were providing coverage, offering coverage on the exchange. now there are 167. that s a loss of about 30% in one year alone. and all of this means that patients are not getting the care t
afford the deductible, and we know that this is happening by talking to the folks who are out there trying to provide the care. one-third of the counties, one-third of the counties in the united states have only one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. five states only have one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. one insurer is not a choice so we need to make certain that we correct that. in tennessee this morning it was announced that there are a number of counties that have no insurer offering coverage on the exchange. insurers are leaving the market on the exchange. last year there were 232 insurers that were providing coverage that were offering coverage the on exchange. now there are 167. that s a loss of about 30,000 in one year alone. all of this means that patients are not getting the care that they need. now, the principals that we have as our guiding star are affordability. we want a system that s affordable for everybody. accessibility. we need a system that s a
duty doctor, thank you for coming. i think it s important to make clear off the bat, that even if congress and the incoming murngs were to do nothing, absolutely nothing, amending or repealing parts of the affordable care act, the law is not working. it s collapsing, the prices are unaffordable, the market is nearly nonexistent. few options to several states and counties this year. one out of every thr counties in this country only has one insurer offering coverage on the exchange. what tools do you have or will you have, when you re confirmed, which could be utilized over the next couple of months to provide stability and improve the individual insurance markets, make them more appealing so that insurance carriers will want to come back and provide more coverage options, as we transition away from the affordable health care act? thank you, senator. i think it s incredibly important for us to admit here what the american people know, and that that is, that this law
good doctor, thank you for coming. i think it important to make clear right off the bat that even if congress and the incoming administration were to do nothing, absolutely nothing, amending or repealing parts of the affordable care act, the law is not working. it collapsi, the prices are unaffordable, market is nearly nonexistent, few options to several state and counties. one out of every three county only has one insurer offering coverage on the, change. what tools do you have or will you have when you re confirmed which could be utilized over the next couple of months to provide stability and improve the insurance markets so that insure karen p carriers will want to come back and provide more options as we transition away from the affordable care act.