Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th
By The Associated Press
An early look at the routes states are taking to implement President Barack Obama's health care law, along with the number of people in each state who don't have health insurance:
STATE EXCHANGE OPTION UNINSURED RESIDENTS Alabama Federal exchange 696,000 Alaska Federal exchange 128,000 Arizona Decision pending 1,306,000 Arkansas Federal-state partnership 545,000 California State exchange 7,471,000 Colorado State exchange 817,000 Connecticut State exchange 391,000 Delaware Federal-state partnership 115,000 Washington, D.C. State exchange 65,000 Florida Decision pending 3,952,000 Georgia Decision pending 1,992,000 Hawaii State exchange 102,000 Idaho Decision pending 239,000 Illinois Federal-state partnership 1,795,000 Indiana Decision pending 856,000 Iowa Decision pending 292,000 Kansas Federal exchange 361,000 Kentucky State exchange 727,000 Louisiana Federal exchange 811,000 Maine Federal exchange 146,000 Maryland State exchange 734,000 Massachusetts State exchange 215,000 Michigan Federal-state partnership 1,336,000 Minnesota State exchange 453,000 Mississippi State exchange 530,000 Missouri Federal exchange 780,000 Montana Decision pending 179,000 Nebraska Decision pending 226,000 Nevada State exchange 555,000 New Hampshire Federal exchange 136,000 New Jersey Decision pending 1,334,000 New Mexico State exchange 506,000 New York State exchange 2,780,000 North Carolina Federal-statepartnership 1,583,000 North Dakota Decision pending 74,000 Ohio Decision pending 1,578,000 Oklahoma Federal exchange 597,000 Oregon State exchange 678,000 Pennsylvania Decision pending 1,319,000 Rhode Island State exchange 122,000 South Carolina Federal exchange 754,000 South Dakota Federal exchange 108,000 Tennessee Decision pending 982,000 Texas Federal exchange 6,654,000 Utah Decision pending 424,000 Vermont State exchange 61,000 Virginia Federal exchange 1,023,000 Washington State exchange 812,000 West Virginia Decision pending 266,000 Wisconsin Decision pending 562,000 Wyoming Federal exchange 84,000
Source: Associated Press Research, U.S. Health and Human Services Department and the Urban Institute.
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