were quoted properly. it said after two weeks of review, the hhs secretary con included we didn t have enough testing specifically for high volumes for a very complicated project. the online insurance marketplace needed five years of construction and a year of testing she said. we had two years and almost no testing. is that correct? i don t know the quote. i never suggested that we needed five years. okay. well that s i don t know what that s fro. we clearly did not ever have five years. the law was signed in 2010. and last week when you were down in texas, you were being asked by a reporter about the system and the launch. and one of the parts of the question was at what point did you realize the system wasn t going to be working the way that you envisioned before the launch and why didn t we stop it before the launch? and again, this is what was reported. we knew that if we had another
and 2009 at the height of the last recession. it has been decreasing each and every year. there is no data to support the fact that there is an up tick, based on the impending affordable care act. i am sure that there may be some individual employers making some business decisions about how many workers they want full time and how many they want part time. i can tell you there is no economic data or employment data that supports the notion that this is an effect of the law. true. in fact, it is my understanding that part-time workers are at lowest percentage of workers in many, many years right now? well, and for the first time, as you know, congresswoman, part-time workers will have options four affordable health coverage they have never had that before. absolutely. they have never had options in the marketplace. they never had some help purchasing coverage for
sometimes have higher co-pays? higher co-pays, unlimited out of pocket costs for often coverage that was medically underwritten or excluded whatever medical condition they had in the first place. so these were typically one-year contracts. if they used the plan because they got sick or were in a car accident or a victim of domestic violence, sometimes they would be thrown off their plans or their rates would go up? yes. i think that s important to know, madam secretary. i m intrigued as well that my understanding is last month hhs conducted an analysis that found nearly six out of ten uninsured americans getting coverage through the marketplace will pay less than $100 per month. they will have a plan available for less than $100 if that s their choice, yes. and that number would be even higher, would be better if more states chose the option of using federal funds to expand medicaid to cover their low income population? very definitely. that s just a marketplace snapshot.
wizard because of the wonderful things that he did. and the affordable care act is doing a lot of great things in iowa. it s increasing competition in our state. iowa consumers are able to choose from 40 health plans in the marketplace. you ve mentioned the growth of health care spending is at the slowest rate in 50 years. 50,000 iowa seniors have received prescription drug reba rebates. bands on reexisting conditions are allowing people to get coverage and switch carriers. and now insurance premium increases are subject to review and can be rejected by the people reviewing those plans. but all of these good things don t mean anything unless we solve these problems. and what i need to know is how confident are you that the problems will be fixed by december 1st? well, again, congressman, i
the affordable care act is doing a lot of great things in iowa. the des moines register wrote io iowans will face some of the lowest premiums in the country. it s increasing competition in our state. iowa consumers are able to choose from 40 health plans in the marketplace. you have mentioned the growth of health care spending is at the slowest rate in 50 years. 50,000 iowa seniors have received prescription drug rebates. bans on pre-existing conditions are allowing people to get coverage and switch carriers and now insurance premium increases are subject to review and can be rejected by the people reviewing those plans. but all of these good things don t mean anything unless we solve these problems. and what i need to know is how confident are you that the problems will be fixed by december 1st. well, again, congressman, i