health exchange

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  Governors aside, feds building health care markets

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  August 6, 2012

  Republican governors who've balked at creating new private insurance markets under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul may end up getting stuck with the very thing they're trying to avoid.

• Kentucky governor creates health insurance exchange

  July 17, 2012

  Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has issued an executive order creating a statewide health insurance exchange, following up on his promise to do so once the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal health care overhaul.

• Minnesota signs $41M contract for health exchange

  July 16, 2012

  Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton's administration says it picked a Virginia-based government services company for a $41 million contract to develop the online health insurance marketplace required by the federal health care overhaul.

• 4 reasons why dropping coverage isn't a good idea

  By Jenny Ivy  |  July 9, 2012

  The most persuasive of the drop-coverage arguments has been that paying any kind of penalty has got to be far less costly than trying to mitigate rising benefits expenses. But according to a white paper, that’s just not the case.

• Tennessee gets $181 million for health exchange

  By The Associated Press  |  May 16, 2012

  Tennessee is one of six states that will share in more than $181 million in federal health care grants.

• Brokers should play vital role in exchanges

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 11, 2012

  As the Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision on health care reform in June, the speculation continues regarding the anticipated outcome.

• Kentucky prepares for health exchange

  May 3, 2012

  Groundwork is being laid to create a statewide health insurance exchange in Kentucky intended to reduce coverage costs, but it would be used only if the federal health care reform law is upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  White House says health reform on track

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  January 18, 2012

  White House officials say President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is on track in many states — but they're preparing a federal backstop anyway.

• CO lawmakers approve on federal health care grant

  By Ivan Moreno  |  December 16, 2011

  Colorado lawmakers moved forward Thursday with an $18 million federal grant application to set up an insurance marketplace required under the new health care law.

• Ark. hands over health exchange to feds

  By Andrew DeMillo  |  December 2, 2011

  Arkansas' insurance commissioner on Friday said he would stop trying to seek state control of a health insurance exchange required under the federal health care law after facing opposition from top Republicans in the state Legislature.