Tennessee/Georgia- States Resist Health Care Reform

With less than a year before state legislation must be in place to implement a critical part of national health care reform, Tennessee and Georgia, along with 18 other states, have not made substantial progress toward meeting federal deadlines, according to reports from several nonpartisan organizations.

In states with conservative leadership, such as Georgia and Tennessee, the deadlines have put state leaders in a Catch-22.

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TENNESSEE

Tennessee has not introduced any bills on the insurance exchange but has done a study on its feasibility.

An Associated Press report in January found the outlook to be unclear in how the state plans to move forward with the process.

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GEORGIA

It does not appear Georgia will have a state exchange in place by next year.

Last year, Deal had proposed and supported a bill but received pushback from tea party activists across the state, said Zeldin, with the Georgia health advocacy group.

This year, political will to move forward seems to have evaporated.


http://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/feb/05/tennessee-georgia-resist-health-reform/
Hat tip: Chattanooga Times Free Press