CORKER: “AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS FAILING TENNESSEANS”

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after reports that BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will no longer sell insurance plans in the individual marketplace in the Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville regions beginning next year.

"This is unwelcome news for more than 131,000 hardworking Tennesseans that will no longer be able to keep their health care plan," said Corker. "The number of individuals in our state negatively impacted by this law only continues to grow, and with high premiums, rising out-of-pocket costs, and reduced choice, it is clear that the Affordable Care Act is failing Tennesseans."

Corker strongly opposed the passage of the Affordable Care Act and has supported legislation to repeal it.

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