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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
"Though Texas has joined 26 other states in defaulting to a federal marketplace for purchasing health insurance — a major component of the Affordable Care Act — it is one of only six that will not enforce new health insurance reforms prescribed by the law. It's a decision some say could lead to confusion over who's responsible for protecting Texas insurance consumers.
If a state does not enforce those reforms, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will step in to do it.
Arizona, Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wyoming have all notified the federal government that they will not be policing the health law either."
Source: State to Feds: We Won't Enforce Insurance Reforms | The Texas Tribune
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"Though Texas has joined 26 other states in defaulting to a federal marketplace for purchasing health insurance — a major component of the Affordable Care Act — it is one of only six that will not enforce new health insurance reforms prescribed by the law. It's a decision some say could lead to confusion over who's responsible for protecting Texas insurance consumers.
If a state does not enforce those reforms, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will step in to do it.
Arizona, Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wyoming have all notified the federal government that they will not be policing the health law either."
Source: State to Feds: We Won't Enforce Insurance Reforms | The Texas Tribune
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