Tennessee’s legislature could take a hands-off approach to setting up a state insurance exchange, as part of the federal healthcare law. A conservative lawmaker says his peers might simply leave the details to the governor.
Franklin Republican Glen Casada says many of his colleagues find it “unpalatable” to switch on part of the federal healthcare overhaul. Casada says in talks with constituents, he lays it out as a choice between the lesser of two evils:
“I think some Tennesseans think that if the state rejects the health insurance exchange, then we have effectively stopped Obamacare, and that couldn’t be further from the truth. The health insurance exchange – it’s federal law, it will be implemented. So now the question is: Does Tennessee do it, with our policy and procedures, or do the feds do it with their policies and procedures?”
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Hat tip: Nashville Public Radio
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