Montana–and John Morrison–brace for Obamacare rollout

Oct. 1 is a big day for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Health insurance customers nationwide will finally begin reviewing available insurers through an online exchange and choosing from tiered insurance options before an individual insurance mandate kicks in next year. The date also marks a ribbon-cutting of sorts for 24 nonprofit health insurance cooperatives nationwide, as they start competing in a market previously dominated by private insurers. For Helena attorney and self-proclaimed "health care policy wonk" John Morrison, it’s the culmination of more than two years of work.

"There’s a lot of uncharted territory out there for the health co-ops and for, frankly, everybody else," says Morrison, president of the National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs http://nashco.org/ .

by Alex Sakariassen

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