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Affordable health insurance reform requires states to take the lead in regulating insurers. Many of them do not have the infrastructure or legal authority to do so. That is where $46 million in federal grants come in.
All but a handful of states, as well as the District of Columbia, will receive $1 million each for actions such as hiring actuaries to investigate rate increases and developing data systems for health insurance rate filings.
Which states are the holdouts? The following didn’t apply for the Department of Health and Human Services’ grant:
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Alaska
- Wyoming
- Minnesota
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