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State by state: Implementation of health law
A look at the routes states are taking
Updated: Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 2:24 PM MST
Published : Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 2:23 PM MST
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A look at the routes states are taking to implement President Barack Obama's health care law, including health insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid coverage, along with the number of people in each state who don't have health insurance:
| STATE | EXCHANGE OPTION | MEDICAID OPTION | UNINSURED RESIDENTS |
| Alabama | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 696,000 |
| Alaska | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 128,000 |
| Arizona | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 1,306,000 |
| Arkansas | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 545,000 |
| California | State exchange | Expanding | 7,471,000 |
| Colorado | State exchange | Decision pending | 817,000 |
| Connecticut | State exchange | Expanding | 391,000 |
| Delaware | Federal-state partnership | Expanding | 115,000 |
| Washington, D.C. | State exchange | Expanding | 65,000 |
| Florida | Decision pending | Decision pending | 3,952,000 |
| Georgia | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 1,992,000 |
| Hawaii | State exchange | Expanding | 102,000 |
| Idaho | State exchange | Decision pending | 239,000 |
| Illinois | Federal-state partnership | Expanding | 1,795,000 |
| Indiana | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 856,000 |
| Iowa | Decision pending | Decision pending | 292,000 |
| Kansas | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 361,000 |
| Kentucky | State exchange | Decision pending | 727,000 |
| Louisiana | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 811,000 |
| Maine | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 146,000 |
| Maryland | State exchange | Expanding | 734,000 |
| Massachusetts | State exchange | Expanding | 215,000 |
| Michigan | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 1,336,000 |
| Minnesota | State exchange | Expanding | 453,000 |
| Mississippi | State exchange | Not expanding | 530,000 |
| Missouri | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 780,000 |
| Montana | Decision pending | Decision pending | 179,000 |
| Nebraska | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 226,000 |
| Nevada | State exchange | Expanding | 555,000 |
| New Hampshire | Decision pending | Decision pending | 136,000 |
| New Jersey | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 1,334,000 |
| New Mexico | State exchange | Decision pending | 506,000 |
| New York | State exchange | Expanding | 2,780,000 |
| North Carolina | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 1,583,000 |
| North Dakota | Decision pending | Decision pending | 74,000 |
| Ohio | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 1,578,000 |
| Oklahoma | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 597,000 |
| Oregon | State exchange | Expanding | 678,000 |
| Pennsylvania | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 1,319,000 |
| Rhode Island | State exchange | Expanding | 122,000 |
| South Carolina | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 754,000 |
| South Dakota | Federal-state partnership | Not expanding | 108,000 |
| Tennessee | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 982,000 |
| Texas | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 6,654,000 |
| Utah | Decision pending | Decision pending | 424,000 |
| Vermont | State exchange | Expanding | 61,000 |
| Virginia | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 1,023,000 |
| Washington | State exchange | Expanding | 812,000 |
| West Virginia | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 266,000 |
| Wisconsin | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 562,000 |
| Wyoming | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 84,000 |
Source: Associated Press Research, U.S. Health and Human Services Department and the Urban Institute.
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