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Health insurance exchange vetoed by New Jersey governor

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Chris Christie rejects the bill to create a state based online marketplace. New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie has announced that he has vetoed a bill that would have had the state take part in the healthcare reforms for building an online health insurance exchange to allow uninsured residents to compare and purchase different plans. This is the second time in 2012 that Christie has rejected legislation of this nature. The Democratic-controlled legislature in the state has been working to try to establish a health insurance exchange that would be run…

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Health insurance exchange decision has not yet been made by NJ

Julie Campbell
Governor Chris Christie - New Jersey Health Insurance Exchange

The state has not yet finalized its choice regarding whether or not it will run its own marketplace. The governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, has yet to give any indication as to what his decision will be regarding the creation and implementation of the health insurance exchange for his state. The deadline for the choice is rapidly approaching, and is on November 16, 2012. The decision that has to be made by this Friday is whether New Jersey will be operating its own online health insurance marketplace, or whether…

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Health insurance exchange attempt being made again in New Jersey

Governor Chris Christie - New Jersey Health Insurance Exchange

Senators in the state are having another go at passing this element of the healthcare overhaul. Lawmakers in the state of New Jersey are making another effort to try to pass a health insurance exchange that is a central element of the federal healthcare reforms that went into effect in 2010. The matter was being discussed by a state Senate committee this past Monday. The state health insurance exchanges are meant to work as marketplaces that will provide families, individuals, and small businesses with a single location in which to…

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New Jersey a step closer to establishing a health insurance exchange

New Jersey has taken a major step toward establishing a health insurance exchange this week as the Health and Senior Services committee voted to approve a new bill that would make an exchange possible. The bill, A2171, aims to define what a health insurance exchange would be for the state. Each state is allowed to determine how it implements an exchange program and how it will be run. The legislation faced staunch opposition in its early days, but as the bill changed through a series of auxiliary provisions it gained…

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New Jersey taking tentative steps toward a health insurance exchange

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New Jersey may be one step closer to building its own health insurance exchange after state officials, industry analysts and stakeholders met Wednesday to discuss the issue. The meeting was hosted by the NJ for Health Care and NJ Citizen Action Education Fund. Both organizations advocate health care reform for the sake of New Jersey residents. Born from the meeting was a common consensus that the state should take measures to establish its own insurance exchange to ensure that it has control of the program by the 2014 deadline. Ray…

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New Jersey: Government run health plan looking to close their doors

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In New Jersey, hundreds of cities and school districts have saved a fortune by taking part in the state’s relatively unknown benefits program. For the past three years, an increasing number of people are dropping the insurance policies they bought from big name companies in favor of the state’s program. Some legislators are looking to change that by proposing a new bill that could severely inhibit the program. Stephen M. Sweeney, the State Senate president, is proposing legislation that would prohibit the state run insurance program from accepting new members.…

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