United states immigration and Customs Enforcement will hold a Press Conference at 2 15 today. Probably not too far away. To announce the results of a highly successful recent gang surge operation. The president has made enforcement of our nations Immigration Law the top priority and todays announcement will under score not only that commitment, but his focus on targeting transnational gangs and prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety. Also today Secretary Mattis met with the turkish Prime Minister to discuss a range of bilateral Security Issues and the secretary reiterated the United States commitment to protecting our nato allies and both leaders affirmed their support for peace and stability in iraq and syria. One other thing i wanted to point out. Last night obamacare suffered another serious blow as aetna announced its decision to pull out of the nebraska and Delaware Marketplaces which ends their phar teus payings in exchanges
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millions of dollars over the last several years and is projected to lose more than $200 million in 2017. the company attributes those losses to structural issues within the exchanges, quote, that have led to co-op failures and carrier exits in subsequent risk pool deterioration, end quote. this latest news adds to the mountain of evidence that obamacare has completely failed the american people and reinforces why there is no time to waste in repealing and replacing this law before it takes our entire health care system down with it. finally, i know hold those hands. i know he sent out a timeline regarding the former the firing of former director comey yesterday, because there seemed to be some misperceptions about the meeting between the president and the attorney general and the deputy attorney general on monday. but i m going to read it to you all again, just to make sure we re all on the same page, because i want the sequence of events to be perfectly clear to everyone. the pres
completely. they sustained hundreds of millions of dollars over the last several years and it s projected to lose more than 200 million in 2017. the company attributes those losses to structural issues within the exchanges, quoted, that have led to co-op failures and subsequent risk pool deterioration, end quote. this latest news adds to the mountain of evidence that obamacare has completely failed the american people and reinforces why there is no time to waste in repealing and replacing this law before it takes our entire healthcare system down with it. finally, i know those hands. i know we sent out a timeline regarding the firing of director comey yesterday because there seemed to be some misperceptions about the meeting between the president and the attorney general and the deputy attorney general on monday. but i m going to read it to you all again just to make sure we re all on the same page because i want the sequence of events to be perfectly clear to everyone. the president
administration officials say fewer co-ops don t mean fewer options. some co-ops have risen to that challenge. and have been very successful. and are expanding. into new markets, and giving consumers new options. this is costing a lot of money. and it seems like at many levels, it s simply, simply a failure. meanwhile the president took part in a conference call touting the enrollment period and the website health care.gov in an effort to have ten million americans signed up for obamacare next year. our focus is making sure that folks who signed up last time stay covered and continue to have a good experience. and we want to reach a lot of folks who still haven t signed up, but are eligible. senior administration officials tell us the reason you re seeing this cluster of co-op failures, brett, is they want to make sure people who still have coverage have the full range of options by using the government s health marketplace, there are skeptics
administration officials say fewer co-ops don t mean fewer options. some co-ops have risen to that challenge. and have been very successful. and are expanding. into new markets, and giving consumers new options. this is costing a lot of money. and it seems like at many levels, it s simply, simply a failure. meanwhile the president took part in a conference call touting the enrollment period and the website health care.gov in an effort to have ten million americans signed up for obamacare next year. our focus is making sure that folks who signed up last time stay covered and continue to have a good experience. and we want to reach a lot of folks who still haven t signed up, but are eligible. senior administration officials tell us the reason you re seeing this cluster of co-op failures, brett, is they want to make sure people who still have coverage have the full range of options by using the government s health marketplace, there are skeptics