Is the government falling behind schedule for health insurance exchanges?
Will a key provision of healthcare reform—the establishment of health insurance exchanges—be ready to go by the fall 2013 deadline? Two General Accounting Office reports find that the government is missing critical deadlines to set up the exchanges for consumers and small businesses. Meanwhile, in some states, including Washington and New Hampshire, there are not enough insurance carriers are joining the exchanges, drawing concern of insufficient competition to bring down premiums. The Wall Street Journal analyzes health insurance exchange readiness in the video and article below.