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Georgia panel to study health care exchange

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed an executive order creating a panel to determine whether to establish a state-based health care exchange under the new federal health care law.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal speaks to reporters following a news conference at the state Capitol Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Atlanta.(AP Photo/David Goldman)

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed an executive order creating a panel to determine whether to establish a state-based health care exchange under the new federal health care law.

Georgia has joined 25 other states in a lawsuit declaring the law’s individual mandate to have insurance — a key component of the legislation — unconstitutional. Deal says he wants Georgia to have time to thoroughly study the issue as the judicial process plays out.

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