Bloomberg View: Who's Afraid of Health-Insurance Exchanges?
When it comes to health reform, GOP governors should get with the program
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Ever since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, Rick Perry of Texas, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, and several other prominent Republican governors have vowed not to create the state insurance marketplaces, known as exchanges, the law requires.
Many state officials say it’s impossible to comply with the law because the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has not yet given them enough information to move forward. Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia, writing on behalf of the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee, has sent President Barack Obama a list of 17 questions asking exactly what the exchanges will look like.