<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><span>Courtesy of KHQ at:</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/18934335/idaho-dems-wants-otter-to-energize-exchange-effort">http://www.khq.com/story/18934335/idaho-dems-wants-otter-to-energize-exchange-effort</a></div><div> <br><span>-----------------------------------</span></div><div><span></span> <br><span><h3 class="" style="display: block; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Idaho Dems wants Otter to energize exchange effort</h3></span></div><div><span>BOISE, Idaho (AP) - House Minority Leader John Rusche demanded Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter energize efforts to pass a state health insurance exchange, rather than let the federal government intervene with 1 of its own.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Rusche on Monday urged Otter to pass an executive order or call for a special legislative session, following the Supreme Court's ruling upholding President Obama's health care overhaul.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The revamp requires online marketplaces for people to buy insurance, but Idaho legislators in 2012 refused $20 million in federal aid to set up an exchange, on optimism the Supreme Court would throw out the law.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Otter said last week he doesn't believe a special session is necessary.</span><br><span></span><br><span>His aides said he's discussing options with advisers, including Attorney General Lawrence Wasden.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Big Idaho insurers like Blue Cross are echoing Rusche's demands.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></div><div></div></body></html>