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Bell: Many in GOP Oppose Insurance Exchanges (TNReport.com)
Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature are skeptical the federal government will respect the autonomy of "state-run" exchanges, so it doesn #39;t make much sense to spend a lot of time devising a system. The so-called exchanges outlined in the federal Affordable Care Act are supposed to be operational by the beginning of 2014. Poor and middle class customers approved to shop the exchanges will be eligible for government subsidies to help pay premiums. In this Nov. 13, 2012 interview, Senate Government Operations chairman Mike Bell, a Republican from southeast Tennessee, said he opposes the state getting involved in the business of running health insurance exchanges as envisioned by Obamacare legislation passed two years ago. Bell said he is "still holding out hope" that Republicans in Congress can roadblock funding for Obama #39;s health care law "and thereby delay or possibly even kill it at the federal level." Bell said resistance by the states could also force the feds to abandoned their plans under "the very weight of the responsibility for setting up that bureaucracy to run 20 or 30 state exchanges will be so heavy the federal government won #39;t be able to do it."From:tnreporttvViews:6 0ratingsTime:02:08More inNews Politics

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