The Department of Health and Human Services today released many of the rules for health insurance exchanges, which include specifics about state functions and responsibilities.

Kaiser Health News has a copy of the health exchanges rule from the Federal Register, as well as the regulatory impact analysis.

The Associated Press: Feds Release Health Overhaul Blueprint For States Tackling a huge logistical challenge, the Obama administration Monday released an ambitious blueprint for states to match up uninsured Americans with coverage that’s right for them under the health care overhaul law. The

Read more…

South Dakota governor Dennis Daugaard has stated that legislation to establish a health insurance exchange will not be on the table in this year’s session.

In a news release, the governor said that conditions were too unstable to recommend creating the kind of exchange stipulated by President Obama’s health care overhaul. That law intended individual states to set up their own exchanges, meant to assist people who purchase personal insurance plans.

But Governor Daugaard feels that the U.S. Supreme Court might strike down the health care reform law, or that it might be repealed by Congress, though he’s hoping for the former outcome. Despi

Read more…