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  States slow in setting up central piece of Obama healthcare law
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ContributorBrandonius Maximus 
Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Jul 06, 2011 01:47pm
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AuthorSam Baker
News DateWednesday, July 6, 2011 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionState insurance exchanges are not being set up fast enough to meet the 2014 deadline set by the healthcare law, advocates and policy experts say.

The delay means that a number of state legislatures are at risk of handing over the central component of the reform effort to the federal government, which will set up the exchanges for states that fail to do so.

Governors in 10 states have signed laws that establish an insurance exchange — a new marketplace where individuals and small businesses will be able to buy insurance.
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