text: As I did first in December and again last week, I urge our state leaders to strongly consider a permanent or temporary switch to the federal exchange.  In addition, and at a minimum, Maryland should consider running Healthcare.gov and the Maryland Connection simultaneously to expand options for Marylanders. To my mind, the fact that the White House has offered to take over portions of MarylandÛªs exchange underscores my own independent analysis that this transition is not difficult from a technical perspective. - John   Read my full statement here: