Governors Have No Excuse Not to Build Insurance Exchanges

Ever since health-care reform was passed in 2010, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Rick Perry of Texas, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and several other prominent Republican governors have vowed not to create the state insurance marketplaces, known as exchanges, the law requires.

Many of them say it’s impossible to comply with the law because the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hasn’t given them enough information to move forward. Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia, writing on behalf of the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee, has sent President Barack Obama a list of 17 questions asking exactly what the exchanges will look like.