The hearing will come to order. My understanding is that the democrat caucus has not designated who all the members are. We need to do unanimous consent that all members be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing without objection, so ordered. Welcome to the new congress. If you would like a we have mr. Mitchell and i know a number of other new members will be joining us from the democrats side, as well. So i want to welcome mr. Mitchell to the committee this afternoon. Lets start with Opening Statements and get right to our witnesses. And we appreciate our witnesses being here today, talking about an important this important subject. Health insurance premiums are soaring. President obama and the administration promised multiple times that Affordable Care act would Lower Health Insurance premiums by 2500. American families are still waiting to see those reductions. Instead, the Health Insurance premiums have skyrocketed under the Affordable Care act. Theres about 25 average incr
The hearing will come to order. My understanding is that the democrat caucus has not designated who all the members are. We need to do unanimous consent that all members be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing without objection, so ordered. Welcome to the new congress. If you would like a we have mr. Mitchell and i know a number of other new members will be joining us from the democrats side, as well. So i want to welcome mr. Mitchell to the committee this afternoon. Lets start with Opening Statements and get right to our witnesses. And we appreciate our witnesses being here today, talking about an important this important subject. Health insurance premiums are soaring. President obama and the administration promised multiple times that Affordable Care act would Lower Health Insurance premiums by 2500. American families are still waiting to see those reductions. Instead, the Health Insurance premiums have skyrocketed under the Affordable Care act. Theres about 25 average incr