Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) is ramping up his vow to block all of President Obama’s health-related nominees until he gets answers about the failure of ObamaCare co-op plans.
Twelve of the 23 co-ops — nonprofit health insurers set up under ObamaCare and meant to compete with established companies — have failed because of financial problems.
Sasse has demanded answers from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about why the co-ops are failing but said he had heard nothing. He now plans to use Robert Califf’s nomination as Food and Drug Administration commissioner as leverage.
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