High-Risk Pools: Some States Jump in, Others Afraid of the Water
Politics are on full display in states’ decisions to set up required high-risk pools or let the federal government run a program for them. The District of Columbia and 29 other states have told the Department of Health and Human Services that they will set up their own health insurance programs. Another 18 states have declined. Two states, Florida and Arizona – the usual retarded stepchildren — haven’t even formally responded yet.