"Even though I am a liberal, I think we really have to focus on cost control. Affordability is absolutely critical across the board, because if we don't have affordable plans we are not going to get universal coverage. They are intimately linked," said Emanuel, brother of former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who's mayor of Chicago.
He did acknowledge: "We've overplayed the high-deductible plans. People are feeling this is less and less insurance. And just more and more, 'I'm paying out of my pocket.'"
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/20/obamacare-architect-high-deductible-plans-overdone.html