'Pricing now appears to more accurately match medical costs'.

For the past two years, Marilyn Tavenner, who had bipartisan support when selected by President Barack Obama to run the CMS, has served as CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, the leading trade association for health insurers. She's now seeking to marshal bipartisan support to save an individual insurance market dubbed a "disaster" by President Donald Trump and many Republicans on Capitol Hill. Last week, just prior to her testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tavenner spoke about the fate of the market and other issues with Modern Healthcare editor Merrill Goozner. The following is an edited transcript.