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to the other plan raise costs? every plan lost. that is what i understand. they had to underbid. some survived and some did not. we did not have any company accurately. and so some of our larger established companies could withstand losses, but the co-op did not have resources available. what would you say are the top reasons, 1200 the 23 failed? internal problems, too. do you have insight into the top reasons why they fail? i do not know what happened in the other groups surprising payments a set of receivables. why don t we just suggest that there were no mistakes made by management in co-ops , but if you look across the marketplace where you see is that this was a competitive marketplace and insurance companies priced aggressively. the difference was they did not have other business and surplus, and their capitol was continuously reduced and whenwhen the commissioner talks about learning to sail in a hurricane that is especially apt to a situation where ....
through archival footage. this sunday will feature ronald reagan. and on c-span saturday night at 8:30, the steamboat freedom conference debate looks at the effect of legalized marijuana in colorado and other states. sunday evening at 6:30, coverage continues with former maryland governor and presidential candidate martin o malley. he will speak at a townhall meeting of the university of new hampshire in durham. on c-span2 book tv, starting at 4:00, it is the boston book festival featuring nonfiction presentations. including jessica stern on isis. iraq and on two afghanistan war veterans. connectionsn the fiction writing and life. sunday night, a book discussion with former first lady of massachusetts, anne romney. about her journey with multiple sclerosis. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. more than half of the nonprofit health insurance companies created under the aca have failed. :andy: and several of mandy and several others testified mandy cohen and se ....
internationally respected. it had been in the health insurance business until the 90 s when they sold off the health plan to humana. so with their credibility and their experience and expertise, i was hopeful and optimistic that we would be successful. in hindsight, it was too much into short. of time. plus all of the other problems described. another five minutes. this is what i was talking about in my opening statement. the aca started in 2010. then these co-ops started a couple years later, he had a couple years to get going. it was not like we were trying to stand up 22 companies all at the same time we were doing the enrollment on the website and all that. this was staggered, is that right, mr. morrison? yes or no will work. mr. morrison: the awarding of the loans was staggered. that is true. so really, part of the problem is that there was no support as it went along. with that be a fair assessment? that is kind of what i want to talk about. the co-op was ....
to accommodate that request from our folks. and it began doing that. the situation is dire, and we are doing everything we can to preserve the network of providers to make sure their policyholders will continue to have coverage through the end of 2015. now state regulators have the unenviable task, as i have had, of trying to wind down a company, at the same time conserving it in my state, unlike tennessee without the protection of the guaranty fund to assure the health care providers that their bills would be paid. let me talk for a few minutes about our relationship we do not have minutes. you re out of time. here s the thing, we have one vote. he?lso have staff, is mr. chairman, the problem is there down to two or three minutes. i don t think they will hold open for us. with all due respect, i will invite my members to go down and vote. unless someone wants to be very quick. come back as quickly as possible. we should be up to reconvene in about 10 minute ....
Dave Winer has a good post about how talent - in particular, writers and "content creators" - have forever had a raw deal from corporations who profit on the back of the creators' work. Dave posits that this is about to change, thanks to many trends, including the commoditization. ....