with the utah board of directors of the leukemia and lymphoma society and there i heard from many utahans about the skyrocketing cost of care over the past three years. these constituents repeatedly emphasized that they had initially hoped that obamacare would help them. but in their experience, it had only made things worse and much more expense syver. -- --expensive. the downward spiral of obamacare is a circle that cannot be broken without some kind of intervention. while there are a number of ideas out there to address these problems, there are really only two major paths we can take: we can enact reforms that are patient-centered and market-driven, or we can expand the role of government in regulating, mandating, and in the end paying for more and more of our health care system. republicans in congress, myself included, have proposed plans that would take us down the first path toward more patient-centered reforms. our friends on the other side, when they're not doubling down on the dismal status quo under obamacare, are advocating for even more government involvement. case in point: