More than 500 Biden Administration employees have reportedly signed an open letter urging the president to call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. These employees may be using their roles in the federal government to undercut efforts aimed at supporting Israel....
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host in-person Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their respective local communities. These office hours offer constituents who do not live close to one of Senator Rubio’s...
El pasado domingo, el pueblo argentino eligió democráticamente a su futuro presidente. El senador estadounidense Marco Rubio (R-FL) emitió el siguiente comunicado tras la elección de Javier Milei. “Felicitaciones al pueblo de Argentina por una elección pacífica y...
This past Sunday, the people of Argentina democratically elected their future President. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement following the election of Javier Milei. “Congratulations to the people of Argentina on their peaceful and democratic...
Millions of Americans are feeling the effects of the bad economy as they head home for Thanksgiving. Virtually across the board, they are met with increased food, gas, and travel costs. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a video on the failure of President Joe...
Marco Rubio encabeza la lista de los legisladores más eficaces de Florida y ocupa el segundo lugar a nivel nacional 15 de noviembre del 2023 Informe Orwell Anualmente, el Centro para una Legislación Efectiva (CEL) de la Universidad de Virginia y la Universidad de...
Back in 2013, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 94% was very vocal about “risk corridors,” which were essentially guarantees that any company that took part in the government’s health care exchanges would get help in preventing losses. Rubio did not like this, and so he went on to fight it, eventually getting a rider put into a budget agreement effectively killing the program in 2014 by saying the Department of Health could not draw money from other sources in order to pay back those losses.
Companies like United Healthcare, a major health insurance provider, are threatening to pull out of the program by 2016, citing funding issues directly related to that rider from 2014. From The Hill:
The program was almost certain to need extra money in the first few years, when there were fewer healthier customers signing up. But Rubio’s provision in 2014 severely limited any new spending by requiring the program to become budget neutral.
The damaging effects of the budget-neutral requirement became clear in October.
The Obama administration disclosed it could only afford to pay 13 cents of every dollar owed to the insurance companies — after insurers had already locked in their rates for the upcoming year.
This is a very meaningful win that is taking a while to really see the effects of. Now that it is visible, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 94% has something not even Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% can claim: a major victory against the Affordable Care Act. That so many insurance companies are wanting to drop out now is a sign that this was never a sustainable program in the first place, and solidifies the argument that it could never save money.
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