However, when states refuse to create the exchanges, which are due to start in 2014, the law directs HHS to step in and directly create exchange for those states.
Here are three examples of tea party activists sidelining state plans for exchanges:
Georgia: Tea party protests forced Republican Gov. Nathan Deal to cancel an exchange bill the legislature had worked on for months.
Montana: A state legislator who ran on a tea party platform has blocked several bills authorizing exchanges, over the objections of the Democratic state insurance commissioner.
South Carolina: Tea party activists have been slowly forcing Republican lawmakers to drop their support of a bill authorizing the exchanges.
Read the Politico report on healthcare reform.
Read more coverage of health insurance exchanges:
– Companies May Eventually Push Employees to Exchanges, HHS Says
– Cost of Reform Unclear Until Benefits Are Defined
– As States Shift to GOP, Reform Implementation Changes Course
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