Most states, but not Florida, progressing on health reform

By at 18 January, 2012, 3:57 pm

Twenty-eight states are well on their way to establishing Affordable Insurance Exchanges, but Florida is not one of them, according to a federal report released on Wednesday. Nancy-Ann DeParle touts exchanges The report amounts to a pat on the back to those states preparing for these exchanges, and a tacit slap at those that are not. Florida is noticeably absent from the report. It comes from the White House, which is promoting the new health-care law, which sets up exchanges in 2014 to give consumers a place to shop for insurance and compare rates and coverage plans. Florida is a holdout. Gov.

Rick Scott has refused to move toward implementing the law, hoping the Supreme Court will rule it unconstitutional. He says the law should not force people to buy insurance and will wind up costing the states more money. If Florida does not set up exchanges, Uncle Sam will step in to do so. “We will ensure Americans in every state have access to an exchange and the same kinds of insurance choices as members of Congress,” said White House Deputy Chief of Staff Nancy-Ann DeParle.

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