In building the Health Insurance Marketplace websites, states could either build one themselves or have the...

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In building the Health Insurance Marketplace websites, states could either build one themselves or have the federal government build one for them. One potential cause of the "glitches" in the rollout of the Health insurance marketplaces was that 18 of the 26 states that the federal government built sites for making their decision on the last possible day. This may also be a key driver in the marketplace, being almost $2 Billion over budget. Given that most federally-built sites were affiliated with states with Republican Governors, many believe this "last-minute" decision was a calculated plot to undermine the policy. Take a position that the Federal Government should have been prepared for this long before the "last minute" decision. State health exchanges by party affiliation of governor 25 20 15 10 5 0 Federal Partnership State Republican Democratic Independent In building the Health Insurance Marketplace websites, states could either build one themselves or have the federal government build one for them. One potential cause of the "glitches" in the rollout of the Health insurance marketplaces was that 18 of the 26 states that the federal government built sites for making their decision on the last possible day. This may also be a key driver in the marketplace, being almost $2 Billion over budget. Given that most federally-built sites were affiliated with states with Republican Governors, many believe this "last-minute" decision was a calculated plot to undermine the policy. Take a position that the Federal Government should have been prepared for this long before the "last minute" decision. State health exchanges by party affiliation of governor 25 20 15 10 5 0 Federal Partnership State Republican Democratic Independent