GOP demands answers on whether Obamacare co-ops will survive

Published May 18, 2016 3:04pm ET



House Republicans are demanding to know whether the 11 remaining taxpayer-funded Obamacare plans are going to survive, and if the feds are doing enough to save them.

Leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee sent letters to the remaining consumer operated and oriented plans to get more information on their financial viability. The move comes after 12 of the 23 total taxpayer-funded co-ops shut down last year, which cost taxpayers more than $1.2 billion.

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