State officials are confirming their intentions to have the federal government run a health insurance exchange mandated by the federal health care law.
The Ohio House has passed a bill requiring training and certification for a new group of professionals who will be available to guide consumers through the new health insurance exchange.
The deadline is just days away for Ohio to announce whether it will begin plans for a state-based health insurance exchange in compliance with the President's Affordable Care Act. Ohio's Republican lieutenant governor insists the new federal health care law is flawed, but she says the state is moving forward with the overhaul.
Despite some uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act, Northeast Ohio healthcare providers and lawmakers have been talking with each other about plans for implementing the law in Ohio. WCPN's Anne Glausser attended one gathering and has this report.