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Time for states to decide on health care exchanges

By Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar
Published December 13, 2012 10:53pm ET
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Time for states to decide on health care exchanges
CORRECTS NUMBER OF STATES TURNED DOWN TO 19 - FILE - This Jan. 9, 2012 file photo shows Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter delivering his State of the State address inside the House chambers at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. At least 19 states have turned down the Obama administration’s invitation to run new health insurance markets that will be serving millions of uninsured Americans in less than a year. That means the Feds will step in and operate the programs, a defining challenge for President Barack Obama’s second term. Otter supports a state run health exchange. (AP/Photo Matt Cilley, File) | Matt Cilley

WASHINGTON (AP) — Friday is decision day for states to notify Washington if they will run their own insurance markets under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

A check by The Associated Press finds them divided.

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