Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) announced Monday that Tennessee would not create a health insurance exchange in line with President Obama's health care reform law. In a press release, Haslam said the decision came after "months of consideration" and was not a "political decision."?
?In weighing all of the information we currently have, I informed the federal government today that Tennessee will not run a state-based exchange," Haslam said. "If conditions warrant in the future and it makes sense at a later date for Tennessee to run the exchange, we would consider that as an option at the appropriate time."
He continued: ?This decision comes after months of consideration and analysis.?It is a business decision based on what is best for Tennesseans with the information we have now that we?ve pressed hard to receive from Washington.?If this were a political decision, it would?ve been easy, and I would?ve made it a long time ago."
With Haslam's decision, 21 states have now declined to create insurance exchanges, according to the Huffington Post.?
Source: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/tennessee-wont-create-obamacare-insurance-exchange
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