The White House released a cheerleading report on state insurance exchanges on Wednesday, summarizing the progress states have made in setting up a vital piece of the Obama administration's signature health reform law.
The report says 28 states have made some progress towards establishing an exchange, which is meant to be an online shopping destination for insurance coverage in 2014. But only a handful of those states will likely be ready to run their own exchange by 2013, when states need to prove to the federal government that their systems will meet all requirements.
The report also says all states have taken some action under the law's new insurance regulations. Forty-four stares have strengthened reviews of insurance-premium increases since the law was enacted in 2010, it said.
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