Hoffman: Exchange Off To Bad Start

One week after the less-than stellar launch of Obamacare and its insurance exchanges, we are learning that a key selling point behind the Idaho implementation of the health care law may not come to fruition. Well, to recall … We were all told in January that the state insurance exchange would assess a 1.5 percent surcharge on insurance premiums. Supporters of the state exchange said Idaho ownership of the exchange was better, in large part because Idaho could beat the federal government’s proposed 3.5 percent surcharge on premiums. But the Associated Press reported Thursday that the state insurance exchange is now reconsidering its figures, saying its 1.5 percent rate may not be sustainable/ Wayne Hoffman , Idaho Freedom Foundation. More here.

Question: Did you expect Wayne Hoffman to say anything — anything! — positive about the state health exchange?