Gov. Chris Gregoire and other Democratic officials marked Friday’s second anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act – which Republicans prefer to call Obamacare – with a signing ceremony of their own.
Gregoire signed legislation to help set up health insurance exchanges in Washington, a system that would help individuals and small businesses shop for medical plans by 2014.
“The current (health care system) groans under its own weight,” Gregoire said at the signing ceremony. “We cannot afford health care today in America.”
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The state exchange doesn’t go into effect until 2014, but state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said the state will need much of that time to set it up properly: “If we slow down and wait because of the uncertainty, we won’t meet the time limits.”
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/mar/23/health-exchange-signed-law/
Hat Tip: The Spokesman-Review
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