West Virginia Ends State-Run Obamacare Exchange
Last Friday, Gov. Jim Justice (D-West Virginia) signed a bill to shut down the state-run Obamacare health insurance exchange. Once in effect this summer, the new law takes an important first step toward withdrawing the state from implementing the national healthcare program.
Rep. Joe Ellington (R-Princeton) sponsored House Bill 2119 (HB2119), The law simply repeals provisions in West Virginia law establishing a health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act. That would leave the federal government to administer the insurance exchange on its own.
The Senate passed HB2199 by a 34-0 vote. The House previously approved the measure by a 68-31 vote. Gov. Justice signed it last Friday.
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At this point it appears highly unlikely that Congressional Republicans will repeal the so-called Affordable Care Act. Even the recently-failed GOP scheme retained the insurance exchanges. Regardless of what Congress ultimately does, state actions can help completely bring down national healthcare schemes no matter what form they take.
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