With the December 14 deadline passed to opt for Obamacare or state-run exchanges, almost half the states have decided to build these services on their own. Summing up the attitude of these states, the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, said “Obamacare may fail because they don’t have the expertise nor the money. And they’re trying to push this off on states. And I think wise governors and wise legislatures will say, ‘No, thank you’.” So, why have these states refused to co-operate with the federal government in order to set up
insurance services for people who are covered by their employers?
One big part of it is due to the fact that several of these states have GOP Governors while also voting for Romney in the November 6, 2012 Presidential elections. Without a doubt, this development comes as a blow to the Obama administration, who did not expected this level on non-participation. Of course, there are other states who voted for Obama that have opted out of Obamacare but their reasons are entirely different. One issue that has Republicans up in arms is the lack of information that the Obama administration
is offering as to how it will run these exchanges while also doubting whether the federal government has money in order to carry out this critical component of Obamacare.
On the other hand, 18 states as well as 7 others have either decided to opt for this provision in Obamacare or partner with the federal government to run these health insurance exchanges