Idaho hasn’t asked HHS yet about its plans to change Obamacare rules

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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday that Idaho officials have yet to ask him about their plans to overhaul Obamacare, a step that that is normally expected when a state is looking to deviate from the federal law.

“I personally am not aware of other states who have been talking about that, and I certainly have not had any interactions with Idaho myself,” Azar said of the state’s proposal to flout rules in Obamacare.

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