{"id":13259,"date":"2012-11-26T10:29:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=13259"},"modified":"2012-11-26T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T22:53:39","slug":"idaho-group-to-study-state-run-health-insurance-exchange-spends-166000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/11\/26\/idaho-group-to-study-state-run-health-insurance-exchange-spends-166000\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Group To Study State-Run Health Insurance Exchange Spends $166,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emilie Ritter Saunders \/ StateImpact<\/p>

Gov. Otter has until Dec. 14 to decide if Idaho will create it's own health insurance exchange.<\/p><\/div>\n

Back in July, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter put together a group<\/a> of insurance industry stakeholders, business owners and lawmakers to figure out if Idaho should create its own health insurance exchange or let the federal government take the lead.
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The work group has since recommended Idaho create its own state-based exchange. It spent at least $166,368 to come to that conclusion.<\/p>\n

Invoices to the Idaho Department of Insurance that StateImpact<\/em> obtained through Idaho’s public information law show the greatest cost to the state was through hiring consultants and experts.<\/p>\n

[spreadsheet key=”0AiLU6Cs5LWZIdGJVOWhmeWh6NVVHZjVSWWswWDRVLWc” source=”Idaho Department of Insurance” sheet=0 filter=0 paginate=0 sortable=0]<\/p>\n

Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal says his department was allocated $500,000 to use for planning a health insurance exchange.\u00a0 He says more than half of that is available for things like hiring consultants.\u00a0 The Department of Insurance is funded largely by fees assessed to insurance companies and brokers.<\/p>\n

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