Feds Approve Several New State Health Exchanges
Injecting a rare shot of bipartisanship in the nation's contentious health care overhaul, the Obama administration Thursday cleared four Republican-led states to build their own consumer-friendly insurance markets.
With open enrollment for millions of uninsured Americans just nine months away – Oct. 1, 2013 – the four GOP-led states became part of a group totaling 17 states plus Washington, D.C., that have gotten an initial go-ahead to build and run insurance exchanges. Seven were approved Thursday.
Significantly, the list also included California, which has nearly 7.5 million uninsured residents, more than any other state. Democratic-led California was an early supporter of President Barack Obama's health care law and had been working diligently on its plan.
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