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Ron Johnson urges end of ‘failed’ Obamacare program

By Robert King
Published November 13, 2017 5:01am ET
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Ron Johnson urges end of ‘failed’ Obamacare program
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.,wrote in a Nov. 6 letter to OPM that the agency asked for more funding for the program, which appears to be a "drain on OPM's finite resources." The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Johnson is chairman of, oversees OPM. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

A little-known Obamacare program intended to create competition on the exchanges is falling short, leading a Republican senator to ask a federal agency why it is still devoting funding and manpower to it.

The Affordable Care Act created the Multi-State Plan Program to drive competition on the law’s exchanges, but only one state — Arkansas — is participating in the program next year. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said he is concerned about wasting the manpower of 42 federal employees on the program, which gets $10 million a year.

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