The Kaiser Family Foundation released updated data, as of April 13, 2012, on the status of health insurance exchanges for every state. Data was compiled through a review of state legislation and other related documents, and the report includes the District of Columbia.
Established exchange
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• District of Columbia
• Hawaii
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Nevada
• New York
• Oregon
• Rhode Island
• Utah
• Vermont
• Washington
• West Virginia
Plans to establish (state has expressed intent to create an exchange and continues to plan the details)
• Illinois
• Mississippi
• Virginia
Studying options (state is actively examining policy options to decide if and how an exchange should be established)
• Alabama
• Arizona
• Delaware
• Idaho
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Wyoming
No significant activity (state is not engaged in planning for an exchange at this time)
• Alaska
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kansas
• New Hampshire
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Texas
• Wisconsin
Decision not to create (state has announced it will not implement a state-run exchange and will instead have an exchange operated by the federal government or a state-federal partnership)
• Arkansas
• Louisiana
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