Georgia Opts for Federal Exchange Under Health Care Law

Deal Refuses Part of Health Reform by Ray Henry, Associated Press.  Athens Banner-Herald.  November 17, 2012.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal says that Georgia will not create the health insurance exchange required under the Affordable Care Act and leave that task to the federal government.  Deal cited federal regulations as preventing the implementation of a "private free-market approach to small business exchanges."  Deal has also strongly signaled that Georgia will not expand eligibility under the Medicaid program as allowed and funded under the ACA.  The Supreme Court has ruled that such expansion is optional.