The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee, which is chaired by Burlington County Assemblyman Herb Conaway, D-7th of Delanco, voted 8-2 with one abstention to approve the measure, which would establish the exchange, described as a user-friendly, one-stop online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can buy approved health insurance plans.
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The full Assembly approved a bill creating an exchange in 2010, but the Senate never posted the measure for vote.
Conaway, who drafted both the 2010 version and the current bill, said he's hopeful that progress will be made this year, in large part because states must act to meet a January 2013 deadline for getting their exchange plans approved by the federal government so they can be up and running at the start of 2014 — the year the reform act's individual health insurance mandate goes into effect.
Hat tip: Burlington County Times
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