State Resources

The Massachusetts Health Connector submitted a Level One Exchange Establishment Grant to HHS on December 27, 2011.

The District of Columbia Council passed legislation to create the District’s health insurance exchange (HIX) and the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority as an independent authority of the District government.

On January 9, 2012, the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) released Dr. Jonathan Gruber's narrative report and presentation on planning and establishing the exchange.

The Arizona Governor's Office of Health Insurance Exchange have released their final planning report as well the exchange work plan, budget and timeline.

Ohio Governor John Kasich launched an initiative to start to change Ohio's public and private health care business models from a volume based model to one based on value and performance.

Colorado's draft Essential Health Benefit comment letter to HHS.

Full text of governors’ “State-of-the-State” speeches.

This report provides historical and projected rates of uninsurance, under-insurance and uncompensated care in Washington State.

The Florida Health Care Insurance Advisory Board released this report showing a steady decline in enrollment in Florida's commercial health insurance markets from 2006 to 2010.  From 2009 to 2010, enrollment declined 4.3% to 3.7 million.

On December 30, 2011, New York applied for a Level One Establishment Grant requesting $48.5 million.