If Congress "shuts down" the federal government, will the public exchanges open on time?
State and federal officials say yes. They believe enrollment can open, on schedule, and operate normally for a while even if the federal government has to function without "enacted annual budget appropriations."
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, an arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is in charge of overseeing state efforts to set up state-based exchanges. It's also in charge of federal efforts to run exchanges in states letting the feds do the job.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
