A group of health insurers, businesses, chambers of commerce and the Business and Industry Association called Monday for the state Senate to pass a bill sponsored by Sen. Ray White, R-Bedford, to create a state health insurance exchange.
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Paula Rogers, government relations director for Anthem Blue Cross-Blue Shield New Hampshire, which supports the bill, said in a telephone interview, “We think it’s crafted in an efficient manner to do the job that would need to be done under the Affordable Care Act,” she said. “It’s minimally intrusive to the competitive market; it can be disassembled in an orderly fashion if the Affordable Care Act provisions that pertain to it were found unconstitutional,” she said.
The bill was tabled by the Senate earlier this month.
This bill establishes the New Hampshire health benefit exchange as a public corporation. The bill also establishes an exchange board to provide procedures to facilitate the exchange’s purpose, which is to assist in the purchase and sale of qualified health plans and to meet the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The insurance commissioner is granted rule-making authority for the purposes of the bill.
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120131/NEWS02/701319977
Hat tip: New Hampshire Union Leader
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