With many state legislatures unwilling to spend funds to set up health insurance exchanges under the healthcare reform law, state governments are looking for alternative ways to set up the exchanges, according to a report by Politico.
Facing a deadline of 2014 to launch the exchanges, states are considering other options such as expanding existing agencies and using executive orders that would avoid approval by unwilling legislators.
In Mississippi, where two exchange bills recently died in the legislature, the state insurance department plans to launch an exchange as part of the state's high-risk health insurance pool. Governors in other states, such as Arkansas, are considering executive orders.
Read the Politico report on funding for healthcare insurance exchanges.
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Facing a deadline of 2014 to launch the exchanges, states are considering other options such as expanding existing agencies and using executive orders that would avoid approval by unwilling legislators.
In Mississippi, where two exchange bills recently died in the legislature, the state insurance department plans to launch an exchange as part of the state's high-risk health insurance pool. Governors in other states, such as Arkansas, are considering executive orders.
Read the Politico report on funding for healthcare insurance exchanges.
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Wide Majority of Americans Can Afford Reform Law, Study Says
Insurance Plans Offered on Health Exchanges Could Carry Significant Deductibles
States Rushing to Create Their Own Insurance Exchanges, Pass on Federal Exchange