NU Online News Service, March 7, 3:25 p.m. EST

Every state will have a health insurance exchange—whether operated by a particular state or by the federal government—when the system is scheduled to be implemented on Jan. 1, 2014, the head of the government bureau implementing the healthcare law says.

Clearly the launching of exchanges system will rest on whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is upheld by the Supreme Court, says Steve Larsen, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) at the Department of Health and Human Services. The CCIIO is part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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