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To conclude our examination of the new exchange rule recently issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), this blog summarizes the rule’s treatment of states as the primary regulatory authority for both Brokers and navigators.  In two previous blogs analyzing the rule’s requirements, we wrote about the new opportunities available to Brokers under the rule, and the rule’s acknowledgment of the important role Brokers can assume in the establishment of new Exchanges.
 
States Continue to Oversee Brokers

The new rule reaffirms HHS’s...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a final rule providing states with considerable flexibility in the organization and operation of state-based health exchanges pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...