Final state tally for health insurance exchanges: 15 out of 50 States

American Thinker ^ | 12/14/2012 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

Only 15 states have told HHS that they will develop their own online insurance exchanges. This means the government has to design 35 different sites, with 35 different criteria for coverage -- all by next year.

From CNBC:

Only 15 states have told the federal government they plan to operate health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, leaving Washington with the daunting task of creating online marketplaces for two-thirds of the country.

On the eve of a federal deadline for states to say whether they will run their own exchanges, a top health care policy official told lawmakers that the exchanges will start enrolling eligible families starting on Oct. 1.

"I am confident that states and the federal government will be ready in 10 months, when consumers in all states can begin to apply," Gary Cohen, director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, told a House panel.

Cohen was among federal officials who testified alongside state health authorities at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health.

In written testimony, Cohen said that while 15 states have told the administration they will operate exchanges, 11 others have opted for versions that will require major involvement by the federal government.

Experts say the number of states planning to operate their own exchanges could reach 18, plus the District of Columbia, by the time the deadline arrives Friday.

But the administration would still be left to set up exchanges in at least 30 states, a challenge that is raising questions about how successfully U.S. officials can implement a key provision of the health care reform law.

[Paladin2]

Who are the “do-be’s”?

[Oldexpat]

As the new system sinks under it’s own weight..Obama will be looking to save it with a single payer system. Count on it.

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

As a programmer, I can tell you it’s not going to happen in a timely fashion.

It will be screwed up and incomplete for years.

And since the gubmint will keep changing its mind, it will never be done right. Ever.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Who are the “do-be’s”?

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See the first page of this report:

http://www.cbpp.org/files/CBPP-Analysis-on-the-Status-of-State-Exchange-Implementation.pdf

[SeekAndFind]

This was the status just a month ago:

[rwa265]

From the comments, AltoonaBound wrote:

The deadline is today, but what I’ve gleaned here are the yes states: WA, OR, CA, NV, HI, MN, CO, NM, KY, NY, VT, CT, MA, RI, DE, ID I count 16, but everyone says 15, one of ‘em must have switched.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/final_state_tally_for_health_insurance_exchanges_15_out_of_50_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz2F2ldQAuf

[Lancey Howard]

Here is the more recent version:

[SeekAndFind]

Could you please re-post that? The image is not rendering.

[Lancey Howard]

According to Obamacare Watcher.org (a nice site, by the way):

States NOT establishing a State Exchange (24):

ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
GEORGIA
INDIANA
KANSAS
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
PENNSYLVANIA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING

Undecided States (5):

FLORIDA
IOWA
MICHIGAN
UTAH
WEST VIRGINIA

States establishing a federal “partnership” Exchange(4):

ARKANSAS
DELAWARE
ILLINOIS
NORTH CAROLINA

States planning to establish a State Exchange (17):

CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
HAWAII
IDAHO
KENTUCKY
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
NEVADA
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
OREGON
RHODE ISLAND
VERMONT
WASHINGTON

http://obamacarewatcher.org/

[ryan71]

This article makes it sound as the the feds would not enjoy setting up the other 35 states. On the contrary! They'll just add 2 million more bureaucrat union workers to the dole. Will the they get the job done? Ha! Think they care?

[sergeantdave]

States can easily muck this up -

1. Charge the federal government exorbitant fees for operating in the state.

2. Make the feds operate according to state law.

3. Sends hoards of state bureaucrats to federal offices and make them comply with impossible building, environmental and work regulations.

[Lancey Howard]

It looks fine here.
Try refreshing and let me know if it comes up.

[phormer phrog phlyer]

Goat rope?

[Lancey Howard]

This article makes it sound as the the feds would not enjoy setting up the other 35 states. On the contrary! They'll just add 2 million more bureaucrat union workers to the dole.

That kind of money would have to be appropriated by the House, and that's why it's such a kick in the stomach that Republicans don't control the House, because since the communist rat scumbags control the House that money WILL be approp...

Wait. What?

[sheikdetailfeather]

Anyone in Fla. contact Gov. Scott and tell him not to set up the state exchange:

http://www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/

[EQAndyBuzz]

Congress should create a bill that says either everything is 100% complete and signed off on by the participating states by October 1 or the state exchanges are thrown out and the company hired to do the work doesn’t get paid. However, the project team gets paid.

We all know that the award for this contract more than likely already went to an Obama donor which means this is going to be a big fail.

[Resolute Conservative]

What is up in Mississippi?

[Eva]

I am not sure what goat rope means, but there is an article in the WSJ about the exchanges and the difficulties of setting them up for the states. It sounds as though the Obama administration has been making plans for the federal exchange since May and the plan is not to make the exchanges easy to use, but rather to make them more difficult, requiring that everything be on paper, not computer generated. The idea seems to be to create a system that is so labor intensive that it will be a make work system in itself.

[Resolute Conservative]

Department of Healthcare with a budget bigger than defense and an armed enforcement wing.