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