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12th District Tennessee State Representative Dale Carr. (The Herald/ Archived Photo)
Although Tennessee is required to create a healthcare exchange under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, there is still the option for the program to be run by either the state or the federal government.
Currently, this issue has not been decided by Tennessee legislator, but those representing Seymour have laid-out their thoughts clearly.
“As anyone will tell you, each state knows its people and their needs better than the federal government,” said 12th District Representative Dale Carr (R). “The smaller you get in the government chain, the better pulse you have on what is happening immediately around you. I find no advantages for a federally run exchange.”
Carr then emphasized he does not in any way support a state exchange with the federal government and supports a healthcare system run by the state only.
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Unbelievable how little is known, even by our own lawmakers, about the NON-affordable healthcare act. You see, in the Democrat’s rush to ram through this unpopular TAX, they forgot to appropriate funds for the Feds to set up these exchanges. As all spending is initiated in the house, and the Republicans control the house, If enough states choose to have the Feds set up these exchanges, Obamacare would fall under it’s own weight. That is, of course, unless the Republicans cave. The only chance to rid ourselves of Obamacare is for the states to have the Feds set up these exhanges.