South Dakota Will Not Set Up Insurance Exchanges

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has announced that the state will not look to set up a health insurance exchange this year. States are mandated by the federal health care reform to have some type of exchange where higher risk people can find insurance.  Daugaard says there are too many rules around the health exchanges…

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Daugaard says there are still legal challenges that are underway…

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Daugaard says setting up an exchange would also cause state costs to soar…

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Daugaard says he is hoping the entire law is ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.

(courtesy WNAX Yankton)