Just last week, President Obama told the nation’s governors: “If your State can create a plan that covers as many people as affordably and comprehensively as the Affordable Care Act does – without increasing the deficit – you can implement that plan, and we’ll work with you to do it. I’ve said before, I don’t believe that either party holds a monopoly on good ideas. And I will go to bat for whatever works, no matter who or where it comes from.”
If States can reform their health care systems earlier and better to meet the needs of their citizens, then they should have the flexibility to do so. Consistent with the proposed bipartisan “Empowering States to Innovate Act,” sponsored by Senators Ron Wyden, Scott Brown, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, Joe Manchin, and Patrick Leahy, this Administration recognizes that each individual state is a powerful driving force behind their own health care.
Fonte: White House