The Obama administration on Monday released broad new operating rules for state-run health insurance exchanges, which form a key part of the 2010 federal healthcare reform law that will face landmark Supreme Court hearings in just two weeks. Read the Article>

States are lagging in the creation of health insurance exchanges, the supermarkets where millions of consumers are supposed to buy subsidized private coverage under President Obama’s health care overhaul. Read the Article>

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Opposition to the health reform law is almost an article of faith among Republicans. But if you look at this map, many GOP congressional districts have much to gain as the new heath care coverage rolls out. Read the Article>

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Work on Nebraska's own version of health care insurance reform will begin in earnest next month when bills to create the Nebraska Health Benefit Exchange Act come up for debate, two state lawmakers said Tuesday. Read the Article>

Uncertainty over the fate of health reform, centered on the Supreme Court case and the presidential election, has led some states to adopt a wait-and-see approach that may make it impossible for them to meet Health and Human Service’s timeline for building their own insurance exchanges.

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Wisconsin will turn down $37 million from the federal government that had been awarded to help implement health care exchanges under President Barack Obama's health care reform law, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday.

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The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave final approval to a measure creating the District’s health insurance exchange, an online marketplace for health benefits mandated by the 2010 federal health care overhaul. Read the Article>

More than 2,400 physicians, health policy experts and executives signed a letter sent to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday urging the federal government to reject recommendations by the Institute of Medicine on how to define "essential benefits" in state health insurance exchanges under the federal health reform law.

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