New Mexico, In 'Seismic Shift,' Shifts To State Exchange For 2021 Plan Year

By Amy Lotven / September 24, 2018 at 7:16 PM
The board of New Mexico's health insurance exchange, bewellNM, voted unanimously Friday (Sept. 21) to transition from using the federal exchange platform to becoming a fully state-run exchange with a goal of having the new technology up and running for the 2021 plan year. The decision, which exchange director Cheryl Smith Gardner hailed as a “seismic shift,” marks second time in recent months that a state has opted to pull back from the federal technology that many officials say has...


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