Examining the Notion of Health Insurance Exchanges

· Feb. 9, 2011, 5:44 pm

State lawmakers will get their first chance this week to shape the federal health care law for Colorado. The Affordable Care Act requires states to set up new "health insurance exchanges." Exchanges are new marketplaces where coverage will be very cheap for people who don't make much money. That's what many in health care are hoping, anyway. This week legislative work begins on Colorado's health insurance exchange. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney has more.

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