The Obama administration announced late Thursday that it would give states another month to notify the federal government whether they intend to run an exchange or defer to the federal government.
In response to a request from Republican governors, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gave states until Dec. 14 to submit letters of intent, as well as detailed plans, to build the state exchanges. The original deadline had been Friday, Nov. 16.
Originally, governors were supposed to provide the Department of Health and Human Services both their intent and a blueprint for setting up and operating an exchange by Nov. 16. But last week Sebelius told states that while their intent was still due Nov. 16, the blueprint deadline was extended until Dec. 14.
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