Nebraska Governor to Wait for Supreme Court's Ruling Before Implementing Health Insurance Exchange

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman says Nebraska will not default to the federal government in creating a state health insurance exchange but will wait to decide on implementation until the constitutionality of the healthcare law is decided, according to a Nebraska Radio Network report.

Gov. Heineman said his state is moving forward with planning and designing an exchange and will not allow the federal government to step in and take over the implementation process. He said, however, that the state will not create the exchange until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the federal healthcare reform law.

A decision from the Supreme Court is expected to be handed down in late June. Gov. Heineman said "doing anything more than planning" could be a waste of time if the law is deemed unconstitutional.

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