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Jan 19 2012

CBSNews.com

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Wisconsin will turn down $37 million from the federal government that had been awarded to help implement health care exchanges under President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday

Jan 18 2012

Washington Post

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Fourteen have established health insurance exchange marketplaces and another five intend to do so. Then, there are the less active states: 22 states continue to study their options, while two have decided not to do anything at all.

Jan 16 2012

Coverage of the Young and Spending by the Old

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The Employee Benefit Research Institute provides a quick look at two interesting topics. The new reform law requires that employer health plans provide coverage for adult children up to the…

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Jan 03 2012

JSOnline.com

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A recent decision by Gov. Scott Walker could give the federal government greater influence over the state’s health insurance market – and that worries some in the industry.

Dec 19 2011

KaiserHealth News

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With many states unwilling or unable to get insurance exchanges operational by the health law deadline of Jan. 1, 2014, pressure is growing on the federal government to do the job for them.

Dec 16 2011

Washington Post

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The Obama administration is rolling out a health benefits framework for millions of Americans who will get private insurance through the health care overhaul — and states get to decide the specifics.

Dec 06 2011

MN Pubic Radio

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Until now, an insurance exchange in Minnesota has been just an abstract idea. As of today, prototypes for public review are now available on the state Commerce Department’s website.

Nov 30 2011

Wall Street Journal

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More States Move Closer to Health Insurance Exchanges

Nov 30 2011

New York Times

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Hoping to alleviate concerns of states, the Obama administration on Tuesday said it would award nearly $220 million in new federal grants to states to set up exchanges

Nov 07 2011

Washington Post

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Health and Human Services has received thousands of comments on preliminary exchange regulations issued earlier this year

Oct 10 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Florida Readies Its Own Health Insurance Exchange

Oct 03 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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With proposed rules governing each state’s health insurance exchanges under review, a prominent quality organization is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to make sure that employers and the public can understand what they are buying.

Sep 20 2011

Fiscal Times

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Worried that the federal government could end up running new insurance marketplaces for dozens of states, the Obama administration is making a new pitch for cooperation

Aug 25 2011

Washington Post

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The Obama administration said Tuesday that states that have not adopted their own insurance exchanges may get a second chance to avoid getting one run solely by the federal government

Aug 17 2011

Politico.com

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A quirk in the Affordable Care Act is that while it gives HHS the authority to create a federal exchange for states that don’t set up their own, it doesn’t actually provide any funding to do so. By contrast, the law appropriates essentially unlimited sums for helping states create their own exchanges.

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