Even before the Supreme Court rules on the health care law, states are debating how far they should go to set up the health care exchanges that the law would require them to create. Most states have started laying the groundwork for the exchanges, but others are banking on the nation’s high court striking down the law instead.
Florida Governor Rick Scott, a former hospital executive, is one of the chief opponents of the law. He told a Tampa radio station there is no point in setting up the exchanges.
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In Michigan, the question of setting up an exchange pits Republicans in the state House against the administration of Republican Governor Rick Snyder, reports the Lansing bureau of The Associated Press.
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In New Mexico, the Republican doctor in charge of making sure the state complied with the federal law resigned last week, writes The (Santa Fe) New Mexican. Dr. Dan Derksen told the paper he lost the internal battle over how to roll out the law. New Mexico has the second-highest rate of uninsured residents of any state, trailing only Texas.
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who has had a frosty relationship with President Barack Obama, is nonetheless setting up a health insurance exchange. “Brewer’s advisers,” explains The Arizona Republic, “see it as a practical way to put Arizona's imprint on part of the health law that, if upheld, will have far-ranging impact on consumers, businesses and the economy.”
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, a Democrat, approved legislation Friday (March 26) calling for the creation of an exchange there, but vetoed a provision that would have automatically closed down the exchange if it lost money, reports the AP.
Meanwhile, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, already mentioned as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, says he may have to drop plans for an exchange, because the Republican-controlled Senate objects to it.
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