The legislative panel tasked with studying Oklahoma's response to the federal health reform law adjourned Tuesday without making a decision about whether to build a health insurance exchange, according to a Tulsa World report.
The Joint Committee on Federal Health Care Law was created last year after legislative leaders attempted to create an exchange and failed. Gov. Mary Fallin caused some controversy by rejecting a $54 million federal grant that would have funded the implementation of an exchange — money that she had previously accepted.
Under the federal healthcare reform law, states must implement insurance exchanges by 2014 or invite the federal government to step in. Recommendations from the Oklahoma committee should be finalized by mid-December, according to the report.
Sen. Gary Stanislawski (R-Tulsa) said a variety of issues — including Oklahomans' personal health and physician preparation for increased coverage — need to be addressed through the committee.
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The Joint Committee on Federal Health Care Law was created last year after legislative leaders attempted to create an exchange and failed. Gov. Mary Fallin caused some controversy by rejecting a $54 million federal grant that would have funded the implementation of an exchange — money that she had previously accepted.
Under the federal healthcare reform law, states must implement insurance exchanges by 2014 or invite the federal government to step in. Recommendations from the Oklahoma committee should be finalized by mid-December, according to the report.
Sen. Gary Stanislawski (R-Tulsa) said a variety of issues — including Oklahomans' personal health and physician preparation for increased coverage — need to be addressed through the committee.
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