Is health exchange a must-pass bill for 2011?

Should we add to the short list of must-pass bills for next session a bill to create a state health insurance exchange? Unless Texas wants to let U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to set up its exchange, the Legislature will need to act in 2011, several speakers said this week at a forum in Austin about federal health care legislation.
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