BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter said Tuesday a state-built health insurance exchange is the best option for Idaho under the federal government's health care overhaul, but left the final decision up to lawmakers who return to Boise in January.
Otter has criticized President Obama's health care overhaul — Idaho was among states that sued unsuccessfully to overturn it — and he's taken months to make a decision on the insurance exchange, to be an online marketplace for insurance products for individuals and small businesses.
But he said his options were limited to letting the federal government call the shots or having the state take an active role.
With Tuesday's decision, Otter follows the recommendation of a governor-appointed panel from October that Idaho adopt a state-based, nonprofit exchange, rather than letting the federal government intervene with its own.
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