House Exchange Discussion Begins

At the health insurance exchange hearing this morning in the Abraham Lincoln Auditorium, time was allowed first for the governor’s chief of staff, David Hensley, to explain the bill, and for a leading opponent, Wayne Hoffman, to criticize it. Hensley told the House Health & Welfare Committee, “There’s really three things I’d like you to remember. First, there will be an exchange in the state of Idaho. The only question is whether it’ll be a state-based, federal or hybrid exchange. Second, there will be a market outside the exchange to purchase health insurance. And third, starting in 2014, there will be market reforms or changes that impact all health insurance plans sold in and outside of the exchange”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.

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