December
28, 2011 - insurancenewsnet.com - Tennessee insurers,
health providers back state run health exchange [Chattanooga
Times Free Press, Tenn.] Tennessee insurers, hospitals, doctors
and other providers want the state and not the federal government
to run a state health care exchange mandated under the 2010 federal
health care reform law. more...
December
27, 2011 - Nashville
Business Journal - Haslam: Don't delay state's health
exchanges - Gov. Bill Haslam says Tennessee should not delay establishing
its own health
insurance exchange and risk losing federal grant money to help
pay for it. The individual state health insurance exchanges are
a key component of federal health reform and are set to take effect
in 2014. The exchange would help provide more choices for millions
of Americans who currently do not have private insurance coverage.
more...
December
23, 2011 - AP,
WBIR-TV, Knoxville - Haslam: Insurance exchange delay
could be costly - Governor Bill Haslam says delay in
setting up a state health insurance exchange could make Tennessee
miss out on federal grants to help pay for it. more...
December
23, 2011 - The
Republic (AP) - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Haslam says Ramsey's
idea to delay setting up insurance exchange could be costly for
Tenn. - Governor Bill Haslam says delay in setting up
a state health insurance exchange could make Tennessee miss out
on federal grants to help pay for it. more...