On February 14, 2013, at a Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) expressed concern over the administration’s failure to implement the federal Basic Health Care Option on time and questioned a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official on the agency’s support of the program.

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