Idaho Halts Implementation of Obamacare Exchange  Idaho Halts
Implementation of Obamacare Exchange May 1, 2012  Kenneth Artz
A state-run health insurance exchange was supposed to be the
most important topic Idaho lawmakers would consider when they
began their 2012 legislative session. But as the session drew to
a close at the end of March, exchange establishment never even
received a legislative hearing.  President Obama's health care
law called for the implementation of a health insurance exchange
in every state by 2014. Given that Idaho could tap into $20.3
million in a taxpayer funded grant from the federal government
to establish an exchange there, the issue was expected to be a
contentious showdown, with Idaho insurers wanting to tap the
federal cash over objections by conservative lawmakers.  Intense
Public Opposition  Yet the conflict never materialized,
according to State Rep. Bob Nonini (R-Coeur d’Alene), the
leading opponent of exchange implementation in Idaho’s House of
Representatives. Nonini sa