Lawmakers weigh future of state's health insurance exchange

[PoliticAverse]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The new director of Rhode Island's health insurance exchange is making a case for keeping the state-run marketplace, as some lawmakers are calling for its demise.

HealthSource RI has served as a model among the state-run marketplaces. Most other states use the federal exchange.

Director Anya Rader Wallack says Rhode Island can use the state exchange as a tool to innovate and control health care costs in ways it couldn't if it switched. Gov. Gina Raimondo supports keeping the program in Rhode Island.

But some say it isn't worth it. A group of lawmakers, led by Republican Rep. Patricia Morgan, are actively seeking to transfer its operations to the federal government.

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[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. I wonder if the effort to switch will disappear if the SC rules in favour of the ACA,

such that subsidies for those on the federal exchange stay.