host: jennifer tolbert, a the "l.a.mes" -- the state faces a daunting task in trying to get enough people, both healthy and unhealthy, uninsured and insured to enroll in that state. the governor rick snyder and other leaders are discussing whether to establish a state market for people with health insurance can shop for private policies. last week he said it was likely that michigan would opt for that state and federal partnership. alabama, the governor there says know. governor robert bentley says that he is opting out -- says no. governor robert bentley says that he is opting out. while bentley has been a vocal critic of most of the affordable care act provisions, he was a for health insurance exchanges prior to this. governor rick scott, a surprise news story from "the hill," he was very critical of the health care lot and exchanges. now he is entertaining the law of working on the exchange in his state. -- idea of working on the exchange in his state. guest: there have been a number of states that have established a

also, jennifer tolbert of the

also, jennifer tolbert of the

host: jennifer, tolbert, our caller asked about the timeline. "the washington post" says, at -- some are questioning the administration's ability to set up the state insurance exchanges along the tie line -- time line they are hoping to hit. with a growing number of state leaders saying they will leave it to the federal government to handle a crucial element of president obama's health care law, even supporters of the statutes are wondering if the administration is up to the job. the administration has revealed that the complex computer systems needed to operate exchanges for states that do not want to run themselves -- run them themselves are supposed to be up and running by october 1, 2013. the date that you mentioned. what are some of the conce what are some of the concerns, how is this playing out? guest: we have not gotten any details yet as far as how long the federal government is, so that creates certain uncertainty as to whether or not the federal government will be ready to deploy these exchanges across possibly more than half the stat

host: they do so much, jennifer tolbert of kaiser family foundation. we will now go to the floor of the house of representatives. much, jenniferso tolbert of kaiser family foundation it. >> a message from the senate. the secretary: the senate has passed section 3113, limitation of laboratory certification. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. this morning. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones, for five minutes. mr. jones: mr. speaker, thank you very much. this afternoon a group of members from both parties are going to meet together to discuss possible legislative options to start the proces

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