SEATTLE (AP) — The federal government has decided to give Washington state a few extra days to finalize the list of insurance companies that will offer plans on the state health exchange.
The board of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange was set to vote Thursday on what plans will be part of the exchange. That meeting will be held, but the board has scheduled another meeting on Sept. 4 to consider plans that are still waiting to be approved by Washington's insurance commissioner.
Earlier this month, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler approved four insurance companies to join the exchange and rejected proposals by five others because their plans didn't fit all the rules set up by the federal government.
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