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Re-Election Forces States To Act Soon On Obamacare

by Julie Rovner, NPR
November 7, 2012

States now have only nine days to decide whether to do their own health care exchanges or let the federal government do it for them. Analysts expect there will be a lot of scrambling. Some of the states that are trying to ban the individual mandate going forward have Democratic leadership. Missouri has re-elected its Democratic governor, but has banned him from setting up a state exchange. Robert Siegel talks to Julie Rovner.

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  • All Things Considered, November 7, 2012
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