The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday guidelines that are designed to help states establish health insurance exchanges — state-based competitive marketplaces where individuals and small businesses will be able to purchase affordable private health insurance.

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HHS hopes to guide states to their goal of implementing exchanges by 2014. To achieve this, the department says it is providing support in two key areas.

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