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| https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=A2862166-4A6B-4EC3-97B6-367A42FFF434 | Wyoming suffers as the true cost of Obamacare is revealed | 2016-09-15 | 2016 | 2016-09 | Republican | House | WY | Michael Enzi | E000285 | www.enzi.senate.gov | legacy | In Wyoming and across the country the true face of Obamacare is revealing itself as health care prices soar and competition within the health insurance industry vanishes, according to U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. Enzi took to the Senate floor today to lament how Wyoming, and a growing number of states, are hurting as they are left with only one insurer available on the Obamacare exchanges. “Under Obamacare, Wyoming has seen one of our two carriers shut down by costs,” Enzi said. “Like other insurers across the country, this company focused on and dominated the Wyoming Obamacare exchange in the first year, and then the economics of Obamacare took hold – patients were more costly than expected, premium rates don’t quite cover medical expenses, and then… insolvency.” Enzi voiced his concerns for the small business owners in Wyoming and around the nation who are trying to figure out how to stay afloat as the prospect of providing health insurance for their employees becomes more and more difficult as costs rise. “So many small businesses, even though they aren’t technically required to buy Obamacare, try to offer help to their employees for health care,” Enzi said. “They do it because their employees need it, they feel like it’s their responsibility, it also may be a competitive advantage. But in today’s health insurance market, they face the Obamacare combination of limited choice and seemingly limitless premium increases.” Enzi urged his colleagues and the president to look at this issue honestly and recognize the need for real change. According to Enzi, we need to go beyond simply providing short-term relief like the president’s waivers, exceptions and delays and provide long-term, comprehensive changes that will lead us to sustained recovery. “I have been working to find a path forward that will give more flexibility to states, fewer restrictions for how employers help their employees with medical expenses and to find practical ways to offer more choices and lower costs for getting the health care that Wyomingites and all Americans should be able to access,” Enzi said. “We need meaningful, comprehensive change in health care that will take us away from Obamacare, and in a new direction.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |