The Tennessee Hospital Association, Tennessee Medical Association, major insurers within Tennessee and several other healthcare stakeholders prefer that the state operate its health insurance exchange instead of the federal government, according to a white paper from the Tennessee Insurance Exchange Planning Initiative (pdf).
The white paper summarizes feedback from all the different groups as the state grapples with what it should do with a health insurance exchange that is mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
However, some Republican state legislators are hesitant to endorse the state running the exchange, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report. As the PPACA undergoes Supreme Court review, many Tennessee lawmakers — and others around the country — worry that tacit approval for a state-run exchange will be a vote in favor of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law.
The white paper summarizes feedback from all the different groups as the state grapples with what it should do with a health insurance exchange that is mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
However, some Republican state legislators are hesitant to endorse the state running the exchange, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report. As the PPACA undergoes Supreme Court review, many Tennessee lawmakers — and others around the country — worry that tacit approval for a state-run exchange will be a vote in favor of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law.
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