Our editors review national news and opinion leaders and hand-select the most health insurance and health reform coverage.
Spartanburg Herald-Journal – The state’s top health official has recommended that South Carolina not pursue a state-run health insurance exchange.
Hartford Business Journal – Only 3 percent of Connecticut companies say they’ll drop their employer sponsored health benefits once Connecticut’s state health insurance exchange becomes operational in 2014.
Tulsa World – The panel charged with studying the Affordable Care Act adjourned Tuesday without making a decision about Oklahoma’s own state health insurance exchange.
Kaiser Health News – South Carolina’s top health official will recommend that the state allow the federal government to build the state’s health insurance exchange. His recommendation will go to Gov. Nikki Haley this week.
North Dakota is on its way to becoming the first state in the country to have an operating health insurance exchange, which is required under the Affordable Care Act.
insurancenewsnet.com – State agencies in New York are moving steadily forward with planning to get a state health insurance exchange operational by 2014.
Lake County News-Sun – Disagreements about how to operate a state health insurance exchange in Illinois threaten efforts to get the exchange up and running in time for a federal deadline.