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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