Many Republican governors are hesitating on planning and implementation for state-run health insurance exchanges, saying that planning should wait until the future of the federal healthcare reform law is decided, according to a Sacramento Bee report.
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman said in his January state of the state speech that Nebraska would move forward with planning and designing an exchange. But more recently, he said he had decided to wait.
He is joined by governors from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin, according to the report.
According to Joy Johnson Wilson, health policy director for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said even states that are waiting on health insurance exchanges have started using federal money. Every state has received a $1 million federal planning grant, and 34 states and the District of Columbia have received a total of more than $600 million from HHS to build the exchanges.
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Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman said in his January state of the state speech that Nebraska would move forward with planning and designing an exchange. But more recently, he said he had decided to wait.
He is joined by governors from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin, according to the report.
According to Joy Johnson Wilson, health policy director for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said even states that are waiting on health insurance exchanges have started using federal money. Every state has received a $1 million federal planning grant, and 34 states and the District of Columbia have received a total of more than $600 million from HHS to build the exchanges.
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