The federal health department Thursday announced $1.5 billion innew grants to support states building health insurance exchangesunder the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
California, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan,Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon and Vermont allreceived funding—either one-year or two-year grants, depending ontheir progress on building the exchanges, the Department of Healthand Human Services said.
“These states are working to implement the health care law andwe continue to support them as they build new affordable insurancemarketplaces,” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement.“Starting in 2014, Americans in all states will have access toquality, affordable health insurance and these grants are helpingto make that a reality.”
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