So now the states have a little more breathing room.

At least that's what all the news reports – including our own – seem to indicate. But it's"fixes" like these that have plagued this legislation since its hurried passage in the dead of night early last year.

While the minimum standards for the state-based exchanges remain in place, the states have rightfully regained some measure of control over the process as a whole, and most specifically, defining the roles agents and broke will play in the news exchanges.

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