Federal money for health exchange puts Brewer in bind

Federal money for health exchange puts Brewer in bind (access required)

By Luige del Puerto

Published: December 2, 2011 at 8:19 am

The $30 million that Arizona received this week from the Obama administration will help the state develop and design a health insurance exchange website that can seamlessly interact with Medicaid.

But the pot of money, particularly given its size, potentially poses legal and political complications for Gov. Jan Brewer, who is against the federal health care overhaul and led Arizona in suing over its constitutionality.

Some view Brewer’s decision to seek the grant as tantamount to surrendering Arizona’s case.

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