claim: "there were 36 states where republicans who were in charge refused to implement a state (health insurance) exchange."
author: debbie wasserman schultz
evidence_1: sep 19, 2013 ... almost six-in-ten uninsured americans live in states that haven't set up their own  health-insurance exchanges under the affordable care act. ... people in the “ federal default” states were without insurance last year, compared with 14% in  the states that have organized their own exchanges and 12.8% in the ...
evidence_2: jul 31, 2011 ... opposing the health law, florida refuses millions. by kevin ... while 36 states  shared $27 million to counsel health insurance consumers, florida did not apply  for the grants. and in drafting this ... in interviews, mr. scott, a republican, and  state legislative leaders were clear about their rationale. they said ...
evidence_3: to view 50-state map of these data, please see kaiser slide entitled current  status of health insurance marketplace and medicaid expansion decisions. a  central goal of the affordable ... expansion decision. it is important to note that  per cms guidance, there is no deadline for states to implement the medicaid  expansion.
evidence_4: read this ncsl report for latest 2016-2018 plan information on state actions and  responses to implement exchanges as outlined in the affordable care act.  includes state information about insurers ... 2.85 million (24 percent) were in the  14 states (including washington, d.c.) using their own state run marketplace  platforms.
evidence_5: the lawsuit, had it succeeded, would have ripped the subsidies out of 34 of the  law's state insurance exchanges — effectively destroying much of obamacare in  those ... healthy people would likely have dropped their coverage, and only the  people who were very sick — and therefore very expensive to insure — would  keep ...