Kansas returns the money to the government to reject a health insurance exchange
Kansas on Tuesday to restore a large grant provided by the federal government to support state health insurance exchange building program. State has long refused to health care reform proposed by the Obama administration and have determined steps to block reform measures affecting the insurance industry in Kansas.
Several other states have rejected the reforms, but Kansas is only the second to send back money to the federal government. Their money will fund most of the insurance exchange. But the country must face down the federal government as the 2014 deadline for the exchange of an inch closer.
States earn more than $ 31 million in financing from the government. If the money were used then it would make Kansas one of the leaders in the race to build the exchange. Six other states already have similar funds, but none has returned to the government. Indeed, some countries that have money from the government not to build the exchange, they may wait for a clear example that will be carried out by their neighbors.
America has two deadlines of the exchange. The first set in January 2013 and an invitation for states to explain details about their plans to build an exchange program. The second set in January 2014, when the exchanges must be completed and operational. If the state failed to comply with any of the deadlines set by the federal government, acting through the Department of Health and Human Services, will decide over the initiative and set their own exchange.