Eight states and the District of Columbia have been conditionally approved to run their own state health insurance exchange to open for customers by 2014, according to a blog post by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
By last Friday's application deadline, a total of 18 states and the capital had submitted a proposal for their state's exchange. States who did not apply may have the federal government establish an exchange for them or enter into a state-federal partnership to share responsibility for building and maintaining an exchange, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The deadline for partnership applications is Feb. 15, 2013.
So far, states that have been conditionally approved to run their own exchange include: Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Oregon and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.
State exchange blueprints still awaiting approval are: California, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Utah.
None have been rejected yet, but Sec. Sebelius previously offered to partner with Utah to expand its existing health insurance exchange.
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By last Friday's application deadline, a total of 18 states and the capital had submitted a proposal for their state's exchange. States who did not apply may have the federal government establish an exchange for them or enter into a state-federal partnership to share responsibility for building and maintaining an exchange, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The deadline for partnership applications is Feb. 15, 2013.
So far, states that have been conditionally approved to run their own exchange include: Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Oregon and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.
State exchange blueprints still awaiting approval are: California, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Utah.
None have been rejected yet, but Sec. Sebelius previously offered to partner with Utah to expand its existing health insurance exchange.
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